Solutions Architect - Retail

Role overview Lead customer-facing technical strategy, guiding organizations from discovery to production deployment and broader adoption of data and AI platforms. The role combines hands-on architecture work with trusted advisory support for technical leaders, while building deeper expertise in a chosen technical area. Retail is the stated industry focus.

Responsibilities - Own technical strategy for customer accounts from initial discovery through production use and continued adoption. - Design scalable production solutions for data engineering, machine learning, AI, and real-time analytics. - Advise customer architects and engineering leaders through architecture discussions, design reviews, and trade-off analysis. - Develop tailored solutions to demonstrate technical value in competitive situations. - Coordinate technical specialists and partners to deliver solutions for complex customer needs. - Provide structured customer and competitive feedback to inform product direction.

Requirements - At least 6 years of experience in solutions architecture, data engineering, technical pre-sales, or a senior hands-on technical role. - Strong Python and SQL skills, with the ability to code, debug, and build solutions in a live assessment. - Deep experience with distributed data systems, scalable pipelines, streaming architectures, lakehouse patterns, and cloud-native data platforms. - Experience deploying production workloads on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure, security, and governance. - Ability to lead architecture conversations with senior technical stakeholders and communicate business value to executive audiences. - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have - Developing specialist expertise in streaming, machine learning and AI, data governance, migrations, or a related area. - Platform certifications; experience with competing data products; or a background at a data and AI company or cloud provider. - Industry expertise, including retail or another sector such as financial services, healthcare, or media.

Benefits and work setup The listing describes possible annual performance bonus and equity, plus region-specific benefits. It gives a local pay range of $180,000–$247,500 USD; compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and work location.