Customer Architect

Restaurant365; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k + matching

Equity option grant

Unlimited PTO + holidays

Comprehensive medical benefits

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Restaurant365 is seeking a Customer Architect to lead the technical partnership with our largest enterprise customers. You will design scalable configurations, integrations, and workflows while partnering with Product, Engineering, Professional Services, and Support to remove barriers and optimize outcomes.

Role is hybrid with on-site Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 8+ years in related fields and a proven ability to influence without authority are highly valued.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Enterprise SaaS or similar customer-facing technical roles.
• Demonstrated experience with software deployments, integrations, or business transformation.
• Strong SaaS architecture, APIs, integrations, and data-flow knowledge.
• Proven ability to diagnose complex technical and operational challenges and design scalable solutions.
• Excellent communication to both executive and technical audiences.
• Ability to influence Product, Engineering, and Customer Success without direct authority.
• AI fluency to leverage tools for productivity and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support Restaurant365's largest enterprise customers as a technical advisor.
• Design scalable configurations, integrations, data flows, and operational workflows.
• Lead cross-functional discussions with IT, Finance, Ops, and executives.
• Develop reusable playbooks and solution patterns to improve enterprise scalability.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI and automation to customer outcomes.
• Translate customer feedback into actionable insights shaping product strategy.

Skills

Enterprise SaaS

Technical Account Management

Solutions Architecture

Customer Engineering

Professional Services

Excellent communication

Analytical thinking

Systems thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

AI Fluency

Influence without authority

Job description

Restaurant365 is a SaaS company disrupting the restaurant industry! Our cloud-based platform provides a unique, centralized solution for accounting and back-office operations for restaurants. Restaurant365’s culture is focused on empowering team members to produce top-notch results while elevating their skills. We’re constantly evolving and improving to make sure we are and always will be “Best in Class” ... and we want that for you too!

Restaurant365 is the leading all-in-one restaurant management platform, helping thousands of restaurant operators run and grow their businesses through a single, integrated cloud solution. Purpose-built for the restaurant industry, our platform combines accounting, inventory, purchasing, workforce management, payroll, scheduling, operations, and business intelligence—empowering restaurant operators to improve profitability and operate more efficiently.

Trusted by some of North America's largest restaurant brands as well as thousands of independent operators, Restaurant365 is redefining how restaurants operate through technology.

As a Customer Architect, you'll play a critical role in helping our largest and most strategic customers realize the full value of the Restaurant365 platform. Partnering closely with Strategic Customer Success Managers, you'll serve as the technical leader for complex enterprise accounts, designing scalable solutions that span product configuration, integrations, business processes, and operational workflows.

This is a highly strategic, cross-functional role for someone who enjoys solving difficult problems, influencing without authority, and building repeatable solutions that improve customer outcomes. You'll work closely with Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Professional Services, and Support to remove technical and operational barriers while helping shape the future of Enterprise Customer Success at Restaurant365.

How you'll add value:

• Partner with Strategic Customer Success Managers to support Restaurant365's largest enterprise customers.
• Serve as the technical advisor for complex customer environments, helping customers maximize business outcomes through thoughtful solution design.
• Diagnose technical, operational, and workflow challenges across customer environments, integrations, and business processes.
• Design scalable solutions involving product configuration, integrations, data flows, and operational workflows.
• Lead technical strategy discussions with customer IT, Finance, Operations, and executive stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Product, Engineering, Professional Services, Support, and Customer Success to resolve complex customer challenges.
• Develop reusable playbooks, best practices, and solution patterns that improve scalability across the enterprise customer base.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to improve enterprise readiness, implementation approaches, and product adoption.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve customer outcomes and eliminate manual processes.
• Translate customer feedback into actionable insights that influence product strategy and long-term platform improvements.
• Reduce reactive firefighting by identifying and solving systemic issues that impact multiple customers.

What you'll need to be successful in this role:

• 8+ years of experience in Enterprise SaaS, Technical Account Management, Solutions Architecture, Customer Engineering, Professional Services, Enterprise Consulting, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with enterprise customers on complex software deployments, integrations, or business transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of SaaS architecture, APIs, integrations, enterprise software ecosystems, and data flows.
• Proven ability to diagnose complex technical and operational challenges and develop scalable solutions.
• Experience influencing Product, Engineering, Professional Services, and Customer Success teams without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both executive and technical audiences.
• Strong analytical thinking, systems thinking, and structured problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Passion for improving customer outcomes through process improvement, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• AI Fluency: Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve productivity, accelerate problem solving, automate repetitive work, and enhance customer outcomes. Continuously seeks opportunities to apply emerging AI capabilities to deliver greater efficiency and business impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise customers in ERP, financial software, payroll, workforce management, restaurant technology, or other operational SaaS platforms.
• Experience working with multi-location or franchise businesses.
• Familiarity with enterprise integrations, APIs, middleware, and data architecture.
• Experience building reusable frameworks, playbooks, or operating models that improve scalability.
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap priorities and product readiness.
• Consulting experience with firms such as Deloitte, Accenture, Slalom, PwC, or EY, or equivalent enterprise transformation experience.
• Experience leveraging AI, automation, and modern workflow technologies to improve customer experiences and operational efficiency.

R365 Team Member Benefits & Compensation

• This position has a salary range of $116K - $174K. The above range represents the expected salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic location. Restaurant365 focuses on equitable pay for our team and aims for transparency with our pay practices
• Comprehensive medical benefits, 100% paid for employee
• 401k + matching
• Equity Option Grant
• Unlimited PTO + Company holidays
• Wellness initiatives

This role is hybrid, balancing flexibility with the value of in-person collaboration. To support connection, partnership, and team effectiveness, employees are expected to work onsite each Tuesday and Wednesday.

DYN365, Inc d/b/a Restaurant365 is an equal opportunity employer.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.