Senior Solutions Designer

📍 Toronto, Canada

CIBC

Job Description

Overview

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute. To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com. What You’ll Be Doing As a Senior Solution Designer, individual contributor you’ll be contributing to CIBC’s digital landscape by successfully designing complex and enterprise-wide initiatives involving multiple back-end systems. You will join our Technology team and become responsible for the functional design of applications within a variety of technical platforms. You will lead the planning and strategy for the technical design, development, and integration of these applications, helping build the future of our Bank. Note: On-site full-time workplace with a hybrid arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

Responsibilities

Design and Development: Perform and coordinate complex application design activities. Understand business requirements and translate them into design specifications for development and QA teams. Design and document the application's technical functionality, infrastructure, database, interfaces and integrations. Lead the design of cost-effective and innovative solutions to meet business objectives, and maintain and enhance existing applications.

Technology Roadmap: Develop 1-3 year technology roadmaps to align with CIBC’s overall vision and strategy. Lead multiple complex projects involving strategic solutions, new technologies and innovations.

Strong Leadership: Act as the lead designer and interface with project teams by leading design review sessions to walk stakeholders through the design and ensure alignment with business and project requirements, architectural directions. Mentor intermediate and senior designers and developers through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Qualifications

8-10 years of experience in a Solution Designer role or similar. Hands-on experience with Payments, Card Management and Fraud. Knowledge of Rational Unified Process, Agile, UML Diagrams, SOA Design Patterns, API and SOAP Web Services, Oracle/Nonstop databases. Strong experience with Jira and Confluence. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders, end-users, business and technology teams, and to present designs to management and architects.

Understanding of Security concepts (e.g., SAML, JWT, Single Sign-On) and infrastructure (VM and Cloud), capacity, high availability, and other non-functional features.

Motivated, resourceful, able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Client-focused: you engage with purpose to find the right solutions and go the extra mile.

Goal-oriented with a drive to deliver meaningful results.

People-focused: you value relationships and collaboration.

Continuous learner with curiosity and a desire to grow your knowledge.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a technical discipline. You are a certified professional.

Values: you bring your real self to work and demonstrate trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

Competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program, defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan, vacation, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

A work environment and toolkit to bring great minds together to create innovative solutions for clients.

A culture that supports growth through initiatives like Purpose Day, a paid day off dedicated to personal development.

Subject to plan and program terms and conditions.

What You Need To Know

CIBC is committed to an inclusive environment. We welcome applicants with a wide range of abilities and provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com.

You must be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified and, where applicable, have a valid work or study permit.

We may ask you to complete assessments and tests as part of the application process. The goal is to learn more about you and to share more about us.

Job Location Toronto-81 Bay, 22nd Floor

Employment Type Regular

Weekly Hours 37.5

Skills Collaboration, Design, Design Templates, Work Collaboratively

Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Engineering and Information Technology

Industries Banking

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Job Details

Posted Date: October 12, 2025
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Location: Toronto, Canada
Company: CIBC

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