Solutions Architect - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Gaming

Role overview Lead technical strategy for customer accounts in the communications, media, entertainment, and gaming sectors, guiding organizations from early discovery through production deployment and broader platform adoption. The role combines hands-on architecture and solution building with trusted advice to senior technical stakeholders, while developing deeper expertise in a chosen data or AI domain.

Responsibilities - Own account-level technical strategy, from requirements discovery through deployment and continued growth in platform use. - Design scalable production solutions across data engineering, machine learning and AI, streaming, and real-time analytics. - Lead architecture discussions, design reviews, whiteboarding sessions, and trade-off analysis with customer architects and engineering leaders. - Demonstrate technical value in competitive evaluations through tailored solutions and working examples. - Coordinate specialists and partners to address complex customer requirements. - Share structured customer feedback and competitive gaps with product teams, and build a recognized specialization such as streaming, AI/ML, governance, or migration.

Requirements - At least six years in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or another senior hands-on technical position. - Strong Python and SQL skills, including the ability to code, debug, and build solutions in a live setting. - Deep experience with distributed data systems, scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud data platforms. - Experience delivering production workloads on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including infrastructure, security, and governance considerations. - Ability to lead architecture conversations with senior technical audiences and translate technical designs into business value. - A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent experience, and a record of growing platform adoption within customer accounts.

Nice to have Relevant platform certifications; experience with competing data platforms or cloud-native services; a background at a data company or cloud provider; or industry experience in areas such as media, finance, healthcare, or retail.

Benefits and work setup Remote candidates in locations across the United States may be considered. The listed local pay range is $139,700–$247,300 USD; total compensation may also include an annual bonus, equity, and region-specific benefits.