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Software Architect

@ Insight Global

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Overview

Insight Global is hiring a Software Architect on a remote contract basis in British Columbia to join a six-engineer Platform Engineering team supporting an enterprise retail technology client. The role designs solution roadmaps and architecture artifacts, leads design reviews and governance, and provides senior escalation for high-availability services. The posting requires 8+ years of technical experience, search technology (Lucene or Elasticsearch), and strong DevOps and CI/CD skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop solution roadmaps and architecture design artifacts
  • Lead architecture design reviews and governance
  • Partner with engineers and project management on implementation
  • Provide senior escalation for complex issues and outages
  • Document, automate and improve service processes

Requirements summary:

  • 8+ years of relevant technical experience
  • Experience with Lucene or Elasticsearch
  • Backend skills in Java, Go or Python
  • DevOps and CI/CD tooling experience
  • Experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines

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Employer posting date
2026-10-28
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2026-10-28
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2026-10-28

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Job details

SenioritySenior
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience8+ years
Travelground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish

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Insight Global

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Insight Global is a talent, consulting, and AI company.

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Insight Global is an international talent and consulting company that delivers business outcomes in an ever-changing world. We obsess over solving problems and building solutions that move our customers further, faster. With access to top talent in more than 50 countries, our tech-enabled recruiters can build teams quickly. Our technical experts across Cloud, AI, Data, Enterprise Operations, and Applied Engineering deliver solutions tailored to each customer’s needs. As those needs evolve, so do we. As we evolve, though, we stay true to our purpose: to develop people personally, professionally, and financially so they can be the light to the world around them. It shows up in everything we do, from investing in our people to delivering results for our customers to making a meaningful impact in our communities.

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Insight Global is an international talent and consulting company that delivers business outcomes in an ever-changing world. We obsess over solving problems and building solutions that move our customers further, faster. With access to top talent in more than 50 countries, our tech-enabled recruiters can build teams quickly. Our technical experts across Cloud, AI, Data, Enterprise Operations, and Applied Engineering…

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IndustryBusiness Consulting and Services
Company size1,001-5,000 employees
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2001
SpecialtiesConsultingTalent ServicesStaffingand International Staffing
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Job description
Required Skills & Experience

8+ years of relevant technical experience.
Experience with Lucene (any implementation) or Elasticsearch.
Web development, relational/NoSQL database management (Dynamo, Elastic Search), design for high availability and CI/CD tools.
Hands-on knowledge of various backend development languages like Java, Go and Python.
Experience using tools for DevOps, Terraform, Jenkins, Splunk, APM tools and Git to improve and speed up delivery of products and services.
Experience building, maintaining, extending automated CI/CD pipelines.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience supporting a retail/e-commerce organization.

Job Description

We’re hiring for a Software Architect to sit remotely in British Columbia. You will join a team of 6 software engineers, supporting our enterprise retail technology client on the Platform Engineering team. This team is dedicated to ensuring our client's product is placed in the right place, at the right time, in the right location. You will develop detailed solution roadmaps for a specific system, project, or application. You will partner closely with engineers and project management to ensure that implementation meets design expectations and adheres to enterprise architecture standards. Produce and present solution options to project leadership with clear definitions of the benefits and tradeoffs of each proposal. Participate and present at architecture design reviews and lead the governance activities for a given solution. Act as subject matter expert within your specific product/platform while also demonstrating knowledge beyond a singular service to encompass multiple interdependent services both on premise and within SaaS or cloud infrastructure and effectively design interactions in a highly matrixed environment. Design and develop detailed architecture design artifacts (including, but not limited to logical, conceptual and integration diagrams) for assigned teams and projects. Directs solutions to functional and technical problems. Works collaboratively with product management teams to plan sprints, high level design, Coding/Configuration, QA strategy and required production reliability support. Provides a senior escalation point for complex issues. Ensures timely recovery from outages, performs root cause analysis and implements preventative measures. Automate, document, share, educate, and improve processes. Develops and manages service development and support procedures, tools, and documentation. This includes scope documents, managing source code, and developing technical support standards and procedures. Support highly available services powering digital touchpoints which operate 24*7. Assists with plans, procedures, and activities to support business recovery when problems occur. This task includes such things as backup and restoration procedures, vendor agreements, data retention and restoration planning.

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