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 strong extension potential.Key Responsibilities:
Architect large-scale OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, and Lucene platformsBalance architectural leadership with hands-on development and code reviewsCreate enterprise-standard logical, conceptual, and integration diagramsDefine roadmaps, sprint scope, QA strategies,
and reliability metricsDirect CI/CD automation using Terraform, Jenkins, and GitRequirements:
Eight-plus years in software engineering and application architectureHands-on enterprise search engine development and management experienceCloud-native architecture experience deployed on AWS or comparable platformsBackend coding proficiency in Java, Go, or PythonPacific Time availability, including daily 8:30 AM PST stand-upsApply software architecture, search engineering, AWS, and technical leadership expertise to critical digital commerce discovery platforms.