Remote Cloud Application Architect - Pre-Sales & Delivery

Ontrac Solutions LLC.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OnTrac is seeking a highly skilled Application Development Architect to join our Application Development department, a leading Google Cloud partner. This role blends hands-on architecture on billable engagements with pre-sales support across multiple projects.

You will collaborate with ECAs and delivery leadership to scope solutions, produce LOEs, defend technical approaches, and guide engineering teams from definition to delivery. Remote role in the United States, full-time.

Qualifications

• Own solution architecture for customer engagements and guide delivery teams.
• Production delivery experience on Google Cloud Platform.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Cloud-native architecture: microservices, API design, event-driven patterns, data modelling.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot; also know Node.js/TypeScript or Python.
• GCP services: Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL/AlloyDB, IAM.
• Design of agentic AI systems on Google Cloud (Gemini models, Vertex AI).
• Pre-sales skills: discovery, scoping, LOE estimation, SOW input and proposals.
• Authoring design documents and architecture diagrams.
• Presenting and negotiating technical trade-offs with stakeholders.
• Leadership of engineering teams: direction, code/design review, mentoring.
• Use of AI coding assistants and agentic development tools.
• Security and compliance awareness for enterprise/public-sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Own application architecture on billable engagements, including tech design documents and diagrams, and stay hands-on in the codebase as needed.
• Support ECAs in pre-sales: join discovery sessions, define scope, produce LOE estimates and staffing recommendations, and author the application development sections of SOWs and proposals.
• Translate SOW scope into an implementation plan and backlog for the engineering team.
• Identify problems in architecture, delivery, or team practice and drive resolution.
• Act in stakeholders' best interests when scope, quality, or timeline conflict, escalating when needed.
• Lead the engineering teams: set technical direction, review designs and code, and mentor engineers.
• Set and improve department engineering standards, including agent-driven delivery procedures.
• Maintain billable utilization targets while carrying pre-sales responsibilities.

Skills

Solution architecture

Pre-sales

Leadership

AI tooling usage

Education

Bachelors in CS or equivalent

Tools

Java & Spring Boot

Node.js/TypeScript

Python

GCP services

Gemini/Vertex AI

IAM

Job description

OnTrac is seeking a highly skilled Application Development Architect to join our Application Development department, a leading Google Cloud partner. This role blends hands-on architecture on billable engagements with pre-sales support across multiple projects.

You will collaborate with ECAs and delivery leadership to scope solutions, produce LOEs, defend technical approaches, and guide engineering teams from definition to delivery. Remote role in the United States, full-time.