The purpose of this role is to lead, develop and improve teams of software engineers with various skills, so that a high-quality end product is delivered. To provide technical guidance, to support analysis and design in order to deliver products aligned to the customer’s requirements and company standards.**Job Description:****Job Description****Details**Business Title: **Lead Solutions Architect**Years of Experience: **8+ years** **At least 3 to 4 years’ experience in Braze** **at least 4 years’ experience in Implementation****Job Description**\* Design and manage a complete implementation and configuration for Braze, from implementing the SDK, leveraging APIs, through to creating app groups, segments, campaigns, canvas' content cards, and currents - the full lifecycle. \* Work with the client during discovery phase to develop the use cases and implementation requirements \* Document the technical requirements to be used in solution design and for implementation \* Serve as a technical liaison and consultant for the client's web and app developers and engineers \* Develop necessary code within the platform \* Architect and implement tags, SDKs, API connections, and other connectors to enable data ingestion and/or campaign activation across all the client's digital channels \* Conduct training, deliver presentations, and lead meetings with clients and partners \* Assist with the pre-sales process & Meet with potential clients, understand their requirements and translate into a proposal or Statement of Work. \* Understand and have experience in using Liquid to set dynamic attributes and events \* Ability to manage project life cycles of digital solutions (scoping, milestone planning, KPI, delivery).**Must have skills**A minimum of 3-5 years' experience working with Braze \* Be certified in Braze \* Previously worked with clients to understand their data, segmentation and customer experience in marketing automation projects \* **Deep knowledge of Internet technologies and system integration (e.g. web programming, API integrations, ETL configuration, cookie-based applications, mobile SDKs, ...)** \* Understanding of digital advertising and digital marketing KPIs and metrics \* Experience in engaging, collaborating, advocating and negotiating solution architecture and design with platform architects. \* Excellent written and verbal communication skills. \* Must be comfortable speaking in public and interacting with C-level executives, marketers, web developers, engineers, analysts and ad agencies. \* Ability to work across multiple projects. \* Fluent in English - written and verbal fluency**Good to have skills**\* Knowledge of other marketing automation products such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, etc. \* Broader web and database development experience. \* Experience with marketing automation platforms or customer data platforms from other vendors. \* Ability to work with tag management systems such as Google Tag Manager. \* Knowledge of MarTech industry challenges such as 3P cookie, privacy laws etc.**Shift timing**Work in client specific time zones IST/GMT/EST / ANZ Time zone**Location:**DGS India - Bengaluru - Manyata N1 Block**Brand:**Merkle**Time Type:**Full time**Contract Type:**Permanent