Fully remote Canada-based
Solution Architect
Design composable, AI-ready DXP solutions across the platforms enterprises actually use, without a vendor agenda.
- Remote: Quebec or Canada
- Permanent or contract
- Senior / Principal
Permanent or contract
Multi-platform DXP across 8 partners
What you'll do
- Design cross-platform DXP architectures for clients evaluating or migrating between Sitecore, Optimizely, Contentful, Storyblok, and Kentico. Match platform to client, not the other way around. No platform tribalism.
- Lead enterprise pre-sales: own the technical narrative on RFPs, discovery calls, and validation workshops. Translate business outcomes into architecture diagrams clients can actually defend internally.
- Run technical platform audits on existing CMS / DXP installations. Identify dead code, scaling bottlenecks, vendor-lock risks. Propose pragmatic modernization paths backed by data, not vibes.
- Embed AI architecture by default: Coveo, ai12z, frontier-model agents. Decide where AI belongs and where it doesn't. Build proofs that survive contact with production traffic.
- Sit across the table from VPs of Digital and Enterprise Architects. Tell them what they need to hear, not what their incumbent vendor is selling. Vendor-neutrality is a Sengo contractual mandate.
- Lead delivery teams through ambiguous problems. Run architecture review boards. Mentor mid-level developers and architects coming up the senior track.
Stack you'll architect
- Sitecore
- Optimizely
- Contentful
- Storyblok
- Kentico
- Umbraco
- Coveo
- ai12z
- Sitecore Search
- Azure
- AWS
- Cloudflare
- Vercel
- Netlify
- Next.js
- GraphQL
What we offer
$500 home office setup budget
Spend it however you work best: desk, chair, monitor, ergonomic upgrades.
Share ownership option after one year
After your first year, you're eligible to own shares in Sengo.
Insurance coverage
Insurance coverage is part of your benefits.
RRSP contributions (coming soon)
RRSP contributions to help you save for retirement are on the way.
Free certifications & training
Sitecore, Coveo, Azure, AWS, whatever the engagement requires. MVP application work sponsored.
4 weeks paid time off
Plus statutory holidays and a Sengo holiday closure between Christmas and New Year.
Quarterly Quebec retreats
Every 3 months the Quebec team gathers in person, with travel and accommodation covered.
Annual worldwide offsite
Once a year the whole team flies somewhere together. Flights, lodging, meals on us.
Things you might be wondering
Do I need to be in Quebec, or is anywhere in Canada fine?
Anywhere in Canada works for the day-to-day. Quebec is preferred for the simpler tax and contracting setup, and because most of our enterprise clients are Quebec-based. Outside Canada we can't currently structure a permanent contract, but contractors with their own corporation are open to discuss.
Do I need to be deep in every platform you list?
No. We expect production delivery experience on at least two of our partner platforms, plus the architectural maturity to evaluate the others responsibly. The goal isn't to be a Sitecore expert AND an Optimizely expert AND a Contentful expert. It's to know how to read each platform's tradeoffs honestly when a client asks.
Is there client-facing pre-sales work?
Yes, significant. As a Solution Architect you're expected to lead RFP responses, run discovery calls, present architecture to executive stakeholders, and defend technical choices in front of clients. If you prefer pure heads-down architecture with no exposure, this isn't the right fit. If you like the technical authority side of the role, you'll thrive here.
What does a typical week look like?
Roughly 40% deep architecture work, 30% pre-sales / discovery / client validation, 15% audits and methodology work, and 15% mentoring and architecture review. Mix shifts week to week depending on what's in flight. No mandatory standups, no theater meetings.
How is work assigned across engagements?
Solution Architects own engagements end to end, from discovery through architecture handoff to delivery teams. We avoid stacking too many parallel engagements; the typical load is 2–3 active clients at once, with rotating depth as projects move through phases. We protect your focus, not just your calendar.
Can this role be contract-to-perm?
Yes, we're flexible. Some architects start as contractors for a 3 to 6 month engagement and convert to permanent once we're both confident it's a fit. Others come in directly as permanent. Tell us what you'd prefer; we'll structure around it.