Role: Principal Solutions Architect
Location: Remote, anywhere in the US
* 25-30% travel
Salary: Ideally $225k base, $275-280k OTE
Company Overview:
* IT Services and Consulting
* 600 employees
* Founded in 2014
* Key benefits:
* Remote-first work environment
* Casual, award-winning small business work culture
* Collaborative environment that values autonomy, creativity, and transparency
* Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, 4 weeks of PTO, 10 holidays, and more
* Accelerated learning and professional development through advanced training and certifications
Role Requirements:
* 10+ years as a hands-on Solutions Architect designing and implementing data solutions
* 2+ years of Consulting leadership experience working with external customers, with the ability to multitask, prioritize, frequently change focus, and manage multiple projects
* Experience in Technical Account Leadership, including developing a technology strategy, leading delivery teams, and collaborating with sales and other internal teams
* Ability to develop end-to-end technical solutions into production, ensuring performance, security, scalability, and robust data integration
* AWS Expert
* Software Development background, architecture experience
* Cloud Native Application expertise
* Highest level of technical engineering
* Can be either a hands-on individual contributor or a people manager overseeing delivery accounts
* AI-ready mindset-many customers are leveraging AI
* Experience in consulting, delivery oversight, and revenue generation
* Strong stakeholder engagement experience-consulting experience preferred but not required
* Programming expertise in Java, Python and/or Scala, SQL, and cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure, Databricks, and GCP
* Proven ability to lead and manage teams comprising Solution Architects and Data Engineers, fostering growth through coaching, mentoring, and performance management
* Track record of collaborating with client stakeholders, technology partners, and cross-functional teams for seamless project delivery
* Strong cross-practice relationships to drive customer success
* Ownership mindset-committed to ensuring exceptional project execution
* Client-facing written and verbal communication skills
* Experience creating detailed solution documentation, including POCs, roadmaps, sequence diagrams, class hierarchies, logical system views, and client presentations
Technical Background & Expertise in any of the following:
* Production experience with core data platforms: Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Hadoop, Databricks
* Cloud & Distributed Data Storage: S3, ADLS, HDFS, GCS, Kudu, ElasticSearch/Solr, Cassandra, or other NoSQL storage systems
* Data integration technologies: Spark, Kafka, event/streaming, Streamsets, Matillion, Fivetran, NiFi, AWS Data Migration Services, Azure DataFactory, Informatica IICS, Google DataProc
* Experience working with multiple data sources: Queues, relational databases, files, search, API
* Software development life cycle experience: Design, documentation, implementation, testing, deployment
* Automated data transformation & curation: dbt, Spark, Spark Streaming, automated pipelines
* Workflow Management & Orchestration: Airflow, AWS Managed Airflow, Luigi, NiFi
* Methodologies: Agile Project Management, Data Modeling (e.g., Kimball, Data Vault)
