Software Architect

Vancouver, BC
On-site
Posted Oct 28, 2026
1 position

$100–$115 / hour

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Design and guide cloud-native AWS services supporting search, category, and personalization pages, while developing solution roadmaps and presenting options with clear tradeoffs. Lead architecture governance, partner with engineering and product teams, escalate complex issues, support highly available 24/7 digital services, and improve CI/CD pipelines and delivery practices.

Job details

6-month contact Software Architect for a mission critical application with a global organization with onsite work in Vancouver. Software Architect role with a global organization High profile work Primarily onsite available in Vancouver, 4 days a week in office What & Why: Due to growth, our client is looking to add a Software Architect to their web services team. In this role, you’ll design and guide the cloud-native (AWS) services that power Search, Category and Personalization pages, helping put the right product in front of the right guest at the right time. You’ll develop solution roadmaps, present options with clear tradeoffs to project leadership, lead architecture governance, and partner closely with engineers and product teams. You’ll also serve as a senior escalation point for complex issues, support highly available 24/7 digital touchpoints, and help improve CI/CD pipelines and delivery practices along the way. Who: This client is one of the most recognizable Canadian brands, a true Vancouver success story who has expanded globally. They are well known for their corporate culture and has won major awards for their accomplishments. They have invested majorly in technology and have had an incredibly successful past few years, including a major strategic acquisition. They have an all-star leadership team who keeps you accountable and provides support while still affording you tremendous autonomy. They are located close to rapid transit in newly renovated offices in downtown Vancouver and have a primarily on site work environment, 4 days a week on site. You: You will bring the following education, skills and experience to the role: 8+ years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in Information Technology Experience with Lucene (any implementation) or Elasticsearch Web development and database management experience (relational and NoSQL, such as DynamoDB and Elasticsearch), including designing for high availability and using CI/CD tools Hands-on backend development experience in languages such as Java, Go and Python Compensation: This role pays between $100-115 per hour. Next Steps: If the sound of this opportunity excites you, and you’re confident that it’s a good fit for your experience and career goals, then we’d love to hear from you! Please send your updated resume to us by applying to this posting and one of our awesome team of recruiters will be in touch.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in Information Technology, plus experience with Lucene or Elasticsearch. Candidates should have web development and relational and NoSQL database management experience, including high-availability design and CI/CD tools, as well as hands-on backend development in Java, Go, or Python.