Solution Architect

Eleks; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

ELEKS in Krakow, Poland is seeking a Solution Architect to join a new AI-Native Delivery Pod. You will lead end-to-end architecture efforts, shape proposals with pre-sales, and drive proof-of-concept work in collaboration with a cross-functional team.

You will work hands-on on AI-driven development, define technical direction, and present solutions to clients and executives, balancing business value with technical feasibility.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development with leadership or ownership.
• Experience with multiple tech stacks and ability to switch as needed.
• Hands-on AI-Native software engineering experience across SDLC.
• Organized, self-driven with ability to guide a small cross-functional team.
• Advanced English proficiency and strong communication.
• Ability to explain technical solutions to customers and executives in business terms.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery for AI-Native opportunities with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Partner with pre-sales and business development to shape proposals and run solution workshops.
• Work hands-on with the team on proofs-of-concept, prototypes, and internal innovation initiatives.
• Design end-to-end AI-Native solution architectures and select technologies and delivery models.
• Set technical direction, standards, and collaboration practices for the pod.
• Learn and reuse ELEKS frameworks and contribute valuable approaches to engagements.

Skills

Technical leadership

Solution architecture

AI-Native software engineering

Communication skills

English proficiency

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

ELEKS is looking for a Solution Architect in Krakow, Poland.

ABOUT PROJECT

We are forming a new AI-Native Delivery Pod at ELEKS, a small, cross-functional team that builds software using AI-Native engineering practices as a core part of the delivery model.The pod will initially focus on internal proof-of-concept initiatives, innovation projects, and pre-sales engagements, validating new approaches to AI-Native software delivery.

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including technical leadership, solution architecture, or engineering ownership, and the willingness to stay hands-on with new advancements in these areas
• Working knowledge of several technology stacks and readiness to switch between them as client and business needs require
• Solid practical experience with AI-Native software engineering: AI-driven development workflows, agentic systems, and AI-assisted tooling across the SDLC, backed by AI-enabled proof-of-concepts, prototypes, or production systems you have designed and built
• Organized, self-driven working style; able to bring structure, ways of working, and technical direction to a small, newly formed cross-functional team
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience explaining technical solutions to customers and executives in terms of business value
• Interest in emerging AI technologies and new delivery practices, and willingness to share the knowledge with wider company audience
• Advanced English proficiency

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead technical discovery for AI-Native opportunities with clients and internal stakeholders to identify business needs, technical constraints, and solution options
• Partner with pre-sales and business development to shape proposals, run solution workshops, and present AI-Native solutions to prospective clients and executive stakeholders
• Work hands-on with the team on proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and internal innovation initiatives, integrating AI-assisted and agentic techniques into the SDLC and refining them as the pod learns what works
• Design end-to-end AI-Native solution architectures, selecting technologies, AI-assisted workflows, and delivery models that fit client objectives
• Set technical direction, engineering standards, and collaboration practices for the AI-Native Delivery Pod
• Learn and reuse ELEKS's existing frameworks and internal resources, follow what works on the market, and help in introducing the approaches that prove valuable in engagements into ELEKS's AI-Native service offering

WHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKS

• Close cooperation with a customer
• Challenging tasks
• Ability to influence project technologies
• Team of professionals
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.

Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.