Architect cloud-native search platforms with OpenSearch and AWS expertise in this remote role, supporting high-traffic digital commerce discovery across North America.

This experienced Software Architect role combines systems design, architecture governance, and hands-on engineering. You will shape enterprise search engines, distributed backend APIs, and scalable data models for Search, Category, and Product Detail Pages. The engagement is a full-time, six-month contract with robust extension potential.

Key Responsibilities:

- Architect large-scale OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, and Lucene platforms
- Balance architectural leadership with hands-on development and code reviews
- Create enterprise-standard logical, conceptual, and integration diagrams
- Define roadmaps, sprint scope, QA strategies,



and reliability metrics
- Direct CI/CD automation using Terraform, Jenkins, and Git

Requirements:

- Eight-plus years in software engineering and application architecture
- Hands-on enterprise search engine development and management experience
- Cloud-native architecture experience deployed on AWS or comparable platforms
- Backend coding proficiency in Java, Go, or Python
- Pacific Time availability, including daily 8:30 AM PST stand-ups

Apply software architecture, search engineering, AWS, and technical leadership expertise to critical digital commerce discovery platforms.

📌 Software Architect Search Platform (North Vancouver)
🏢 Arc'teryx
📍 North Vancouver