Posted 29 days ago
Solution Architect
@ CARFAX
London, Ontario
Overview
CARFAX is hiring a Solution Architect for a full-time role that designs best-fit solutions to business and technical challenges and provides technical direction to software engineering teams. The posting requires 8+ years of complex-system development experience, broad AWS and full stack skills, and two days per week in the London, ON office. Salary is CAD $114,000 to $164,000 annually, plus bonus, 401(k)/DCPP matching and time-off benefits.
Pay:
$114,000–$164,000 a year
Responsibilities:
- Design best-fit solutions to business and technical challenges
- Provide technical direction to software engineering teams
- Define and maintain system standards and components
- Improve system discoverability through diagrams and documentation
- Automate building and maintaining components
Requirements summary:
- 8+ years in software design of complex systems
- AWS and full stack development experience
- Leadership, communication and problem-solving skills
- Experience with microservices and REST or GraphQL APIs
- Computer Science degree or equivalent experience
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · jobvite
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-23
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Performance bonus |
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CARFAX
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Full company description
CARFAX started with a vision – to be the leading source of vehicle history information for buyers and sellers of used cars. Today, CARFAX has the most comprehensive vehicle history database available in North America, with more than 35 billion records and counting. Every day, we're proud to help millions of people confidently shop, buy, own and sell used cars with innovative solutions. 9X Top Workplace by The Washington Post 9X Great Place to Work by Washingtonian 10X Virginia Business Best Places to Work St. Louis Dispatch Best Places to Work
- LinkedIn followers
- 26,039
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,504
- Reported office locations
- 5860 Trinity Parkway, Suite 600, Centreville, VA 20120, US
- 2301 Maguire Blvd, Columbia, Missouri 65201, US
- 100 Kellogg Lane, Suite 301, London, Ontario N5W 0B4, CA
- Business categories
- Automotive
- Events
- Other recorded names
- CARFAX
- CARFAX Canada
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
CARFAX started with a vision – to be the leading source of vehicle history information for buyers and sellers of used cars. Today, CARFAX has the most comprehensive vehicle history database available in North America, with more than 35 billion records and counting. Every day, we're proud to help millions of people confidently shop, buy, own and sell used cars with innovative solutions. 9X Top Workplace by The…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Centreville, VA |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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Join Team CARFAX as a Solution Architect
Isn't it time you bragged about where you work? At CARFAX, we do, every day. We pride ourselves on being mission-focused on helping to grow a brand built on accuracy and integrity. We care deeply about our products and our customers. We’re more than just a company: We help millions of consumers make more-informed decisions every day. We know that our teammates are our most valuable asset, and we value a balanced life while tackling challenging projects in a fast-paced environment.
What makes our Tech Culture Amazing?
We’re passionate about having a creative and innovative environment where our developers collaborate and continuously learn and grow. Autonomy is a key pillar of our tech culture. Our developers have the freedom to bring new tools, frameworks, and ideas to the table knowing their voice will be heard. We’re not afraid of trying new things; if the case is made for a new technology or approach, our developers know it will be tried.
At CARFAX, we believe in the power of teamwork and value in-person interactions so that we can collaborate and thrive together. This position will require 2 days per week in our London,ON office subject to change with future business needs.
A typical day will have you:
- Working closely with teams to design best fit solutions to business and technical challenges.
- Providing experienced leadership and technical direction to software engineering teams.
- Collaborating to define and maintain the standards that we hold for our systems and components.
- Improving the discoverability of our systems through diagrams, documentation, and surfacing metadata.
- Improving the efficiency of building and maintaining our components through automation and enablement.
- Reviewing existing architectures to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
- Contributing to tutorials, presentations, and workshops to spread knowledge.
Required Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in software design and development of complex systems.
- Excellent Leadership, Interpersonal, Communication, and Collaboration skills.
- Exceptional Problem-solving and Conflict Resolution skills (technical & human).
- Passionate about Learning and Inspiring/Coaching others.
- Creative, “Big Picture” Thinker.
- Previous working experience with a broad range of AWS services.
- Experience performing trade-off analysis to inform decision-making processes.
- Knowledge of Full Stack software development.
- Experience with Back-End languages (such as Java, Kotlin, C#, Go and Python).
- Experience with Front-End languages (such as JavaScript, Node.js, Typescript, HTML5 and CSS3).
- Experience with modern front-end JavaScript Libraries (such as Reactjs, Vue or Angular).
- Experience with client/server architecture and building APIs and services using REST or GraphQL.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and BigData is an advantage.
- Experience with Relational and NoSQL database systems (such as MySQL, Mongo, DynamoDB or Elasticsearch).
- Experienced with developing in AWS cloud environment.
- Experience with Continuous Integration / Delivery such as Gitlab CI/CD
- Experience with Containerization (such as Docker).
- Experience with application monitoring and alerting systems and standards (such as New Relic, OTEL, CloudWatch, ITIL, Prometheus, PagerDuty).
- Knowledge of microservices architectural pattern.
- Experienced with full SDLC development including design, building, testing, deployment, upgrade and support.
- Ability to work and collaborate effectively in a matrix team environment as well as independently.
- Ability to provide leadership and mentor engineers through complicated technical challenges.
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience with diverse architectural patterns and best practices.
- Experience with OAuth2.0, OIDC, or other modern authentication frameworks and conventions.
- Experience with architecture to support SEO and Site Speed.
- Experience with A/B testing.
- Supported large-scale, common applications or services in multiple markets and time zones and languages (e.g. Canada).
- Experience with software development using AI Coding Toolsets (such as Co-Pilot, Claude Code) and AI SDLC Frameworks (such as AIDLC).
What’s in it for you:
- Competitive compensation, benefits and generous time-off policies
- Winter holiday break
- 401(k) / DCPP matching
- Annual bonus program
- Casual, dog-friendly, and innovative office spaces.
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please visit our website: https://jobs.jobvite.com/carfax/p/benefits.
Don’t just take our word for it:
- 10X Virginia Business Best Places to Work
- 10X Washington Post Top Workplace
- 9X Washingtonian Great Places to Work
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Places to Work.
Vacancy Status:
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Base Salary:
The anticipated base salary range for this position is CAD $114,000 to $164,000 annually. Final base salary will be determined based on geographical location, experience, and qualifications.
Benefits:
Join a company that values your total wellbeing. Carfax offers competitive compensation, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and the chance to make a meaningful impact in an industry-leading organization. Our benefit offerings can be found at: CARFAX Careers.
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