EDI Architect

Programmers.io; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io is seeking an experienced EDI Architect to lead client-facing EDI architecture, design scalable B2B solutions, and guide modernization initiatives. This is a remote role with approximately 40% travel yearly to client locations across the United States.

You will collaborate with Sales, Account Management, and offshore EDI teams, bridging client needs with technical delivery and pre-sales activities. A seasoned consultant with strong communication skills is essential.

Qualifications

• Senior-level EDI architect with client-facing experience.
• Ability to lead discovery workshops and define target-state architecture.
• Experience with legacy EDI modernization and API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior EDI technical advisor for strategic and prospective clients.
• Run discovery workshops to understand applications and integration patterns.
• Assess existing EDI architecture and design scalable B2B solutions.
• Define target-state architecture for migrations and modernization.
• Communicate recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
• Partner with Sales on new opportunities and account expansion.
• Join client discovery calls and RFP/RFI responses.
• Translate client requirements into practical architectures and strategies.
• Support scoping, estimation, and resource planning with delivery teams.
• Identify technical risks early and propose mitigations.

Skills

EDI architecture

Pre-sales

Client advisory

Delivery leadership

Tools

AS2

EDI platforms

ERP integration

Job description

Programmers.io is currently looking for an "EDI Architect"

Remote, with approximately 40% travel/yearly to client locations

Full Time Role with benefits

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced EDI architect based in the United States to lead client-facing EDI architecture, solution design, technical discovery, and pre-sales. You will work directly with clients to understand their EDI landscape, trading partner integrations, pain points, and future needs, then define scalable architectures and help clients improve or modernize their B2B environments.

You will work closely with Sales, Account Management, Delivery, and our offshore EDI teams to shape solutions, support client presentations, and guide delivery. This is not a pure EDI development or production-support role. We need someone who combines deep EDI knowledge with strong consulting, architecture, communication, and pre-sales skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a senior EDI technical advisor for strategic and prospective clients.
• Run discovery workshops with client business and technical teams to understand applications, trading partners, integration patterns, and operational challenges.
• Assess existing EDI architecture and design scalable, maintainable EDI / B2B solutions.
• Define target-state architecture for new implementations, migrations, consolidations, and modernization initiatives, covering security, monitoring, scalability, and supportability.
• Communicate recommendations clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Partner with Sales and Account Management on new opportunities and account expansion.
• Join client discovery calls, technical workshops, RFP / RFI responses, and solution presentations.
• Convert client requirements into practical solutions, including architecture, technical approach, assumptions, dependencies, and implementation strategy.
• Support scoping, effort estimation, and resource planning with delivery teams.
• Identify technical risks early in the sales cycle and recommend mitigation.

3. EDI Modernization & Transformation

• Evaluate legacy EDI environments and opportunities for platform migration or consolidation.
• Design hybrid models that combine traditional EDI with API-based integration.
• Improve trading partner onboarding, monitoring, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Build practical modernization roadmaps that do not disrupt stable, business-critical integrations.

4. Delivery & Offshore Team Leadership

• Translate client discussions into clear technical direction for offshore EDI architects, leads, developers, and support teams.
• Review solution designs and architecture produced by delivery teams, and provide oversight during implementation when needed.
• Mentor EDI leads and developers, and help them understand the client's business processes and objectives.
• Act as the bridge between client stakeholders, US teams, and offshore delivery.

5. Strategic Account Growth

• Build trusted relationships with technical and business stakeholders in strategic accounts.
• Look beyond the immediate project to identify where our EDI and integration capabilities can add value, including modernization, platform consolidation, managed services, and automation.
• Help position the company as a long-term EDI and integration partner, not only a project delivery vendor.

EDI & Integration Knowledge

• Standards and formats: ANSI X12, EDIFACT, XML / JSON, flat-file and proprietary formats.
• Connectivity: AS2, SFTP / FTP, HTTPS, VAN-based connectivity, APIs / REST-based integration.
• Delivery practices: trading partner onboarding, mapping and translation, acknowledgments, error handling, monitoring, and exception management.
• Integration of EDI platforms with ERP and business applications; experience with purchase orders, acknowledgments, invoices, ASNs, shipment, and inventory transactions.