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 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.