Client Solutions Architect: Prototyping & Architecture Lead

Lynx Analytics; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Lynx Analytics is seeking a Solution Architect to design the technical solutions behind client engagements, define data models, system architectures, and integration patterns, and validate those designs hands-on with prototypes and proofs of concept.

This architecture-first role emphasizes guiding technology direction, enabling delivery teams, and establishing reusable patterns, reference architectures, and tooling to raise the technical bar across engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5-8+ years of experience spanning data engineering and software engineering, with demonstrated move into solution or systems architecture.
• Track record of designing data models, system architectures, and integration patterns for production systems, not just diagrams.
• Hands-on proficiency in at least one modern language (e.g., Python or Typescript) and ability to prototype components.
• Solid grounding in data engineering fundamentals (pipeline design, data modeling, ETL/ELT) and software engineering fundamentals (API design, testing, CI/CD).
• Experience in client-facing consulting environments—leading discovery conversations and presenting trade-offs.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture for client engagements: data models, system design, integration patterns, and technology choices.
• Lead technical discovery with clients: understand requirements, assess existing systems, and present architectural options and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Define standards, reusable patterns, and reference architectures that other engineers at Lynx can build on across engagements.
• Make pragmatic trade-offs between build speed, cost, scalability, and maintainability, and clearly explain the reasoning behind them.
• Review technical designs and key implementation decisions from delivery teams to ensure they stay aligned with the intended architecture.

Skills

Data modeling

System architecture

Prototyping

Client-facing communication

Python

Typescript

Cloud thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Lynx Analytics is seeking a Solution Architect to design the technical solutions behind client engagements, define data models, system architectures, and integration patterns, and validate those designs hands-on with prototypes and proofs of concept.

This architecture-first role emphasizes guiding technology direction, enabling delivery teams, and establishing reusable patterns, reference architectures, and tooling to raise the technical bar across engagements.