Software Architect

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Location

Vancouver, BC

Salary

dollar sign 100 to 115 per hour

Job Description

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.

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