Senior Solution Architect: Cloud & Platform Strategy

002 K12 Services Inc.; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Stride, Inc. seeks a Solution Architect to guide the technical direction of key product platforms across K12. You will partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to design secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions that align with our long-term technology strategy.

You should have 8+ years in software engineering with multi-system architecture influence and at least 3+ years building on AWS, plus strong communication skills to lead through influence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering with influence over multi-system architecture.
• 3+ years building solutions on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with multiple coding languages, UI frameworks and databases.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability systems.
• Strong communication and leadership through influence.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation.
• Background check clearance and up to 5% travel.

Responsibilities

• Drive Architecture Across Platforms and contribute to overall strategy.
• Lead architectural decisions and shape shared standards across teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align architecture with business goals.
• Break large initiatives into sequenced roadmaps with Product/UX.
• Provide ongoing architectural guidance during development to ensure strategy consistency.
• Document architecture decisions, patterns, and rationale.

Skills

Architectural thinking

AWS

Multi-system architecture

Problem solving

Communication

Documentation

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering

Tools

Coding languages

UI frameworks

Database technologies

Job description

Stride, Inc. seeks a Solution Architect to guide the technical direction of key product platforms across K12. You will partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to design secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions that align with our long-term technology strategy.

You should have 8+ years in software engineering with multi-system architecture influence and at least 3+ years building on AWS, plus strong communication skills to lead through influence.