Software Architect

TL;DR

Software Architect (Distributed Search/Elasticsearch): Architecting and evolving distributed search systems for hirify.global Cloud that process millions of events per minute and index terabytes of data nightly, with an accent on high availability, performance, and query/index optimization. Focus on end-to-end scalable search architecture design, event-driven systems, and resolving complex production challenges that impact enterprise customers globally.

Location: Ontario, Canada

Salary: 182,200.00 - $239,100.00

Company

hirify.global builds the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform (hirify.global Cloud) for customer and employee experience.

What you will do

• Architect and evolve large-scale distributed search systems for real-time processing at massive event throughput.
• Lead end-to-end design of scalable search solutions from requirements through production delivery.
• Improve reliability, performance, and resiliency across search services.
• Oversee indexing strategies and data modeling to improve search accuracy, latency, and scalability.
• Partner with product managers and cross-functional teams to align technical direction with business outcomes.
• Resolve complex production issues and guide code quality through design discussions and code reviews.

Requirements

• Extensive experience building distributed systems and microservices architectures in Java.
• Deep expertise with Spring frameworks in large-scale production environments.
• Experience designing and optimizing Elasticsearch (or equivalent) including indexing and query performance tuning.
• Experience architecting event-driven systems using Kafka.
• Experience leveraging AWS services such as EC2, S3, and Lambda to build resilient cloud-native systems.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable search architectures.

Nice to have

• Led architectural initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams.
• Optimized big data pipelines for high-volume nightly workloads.
• Implemented CI/CD practices supporting automated testing, deployment, and scalability.
• Influenced platform-level technical strategy in complex enterprise environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive extended group health coverage.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation and personal leave.
• Retirement savings program with employer RRSP matching (up to a prescribed maximum).
• Family-friendly benefits including parental leave top-up and adoption assistance.
• Growth and development via learning resources and internal mobility programs.

Hiring process

• Application review by Talent Acquisition with focus on experience and potential.
• Expected response within 24–48 hours.