Senior Solution Architect - Data Platforms & AI

Code and Theory, LLC; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 160.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Code and Theory, LLC is seeking an Associate Director–level Solution Architect to bridge technical depth and client strategy for large-scale data platforms and AI-enabled workflows. You’ll define the technical vision, design systems and integration patterns, and guide engineering teams through critical implementation phases while aligning with security and governance requirements.

With 7+ years in software or data engineering and hands-on experience in cloud platforms such as Snowflake,

Formación

• Lead solution design and architecture decisions for client engagements.
• Produce architecture artifacts: diagrams, integration maps, ADRs, and standards.
• Guide engineering teams through architecture implementation with hands‑on involvement.
• Facilitate technical discovery workshops and requirements sessions with client engineering, data, and IT stakeholders.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud data platforms, frameworks, and third‑party integrations based on client requirements and constraints.
• Identify and mitigate architectural risk across the project portfolio.
• Contribute to pre‑sales technical scoping, RFP responses, and solution presentations.
• Lead enterprise architecture discovery including current‑state assessment, gap analysis, and future‑state roadmapping.
• Define platform architecture patterns for data pipelines, composable stacks, and API‑first ecosystems, including the integration of AI/ML capabilities into data flows.
• Architect data foundations that connect marketing data ecosystems to analytics and ML workloads.

Responsabilidades

• Lead solution design and architecture decisions for mid-to-large scale client engagements, with a focus on data platforms, pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows
• Produce and present architecture artifacts: system diagrams, integration maps, ADRs, and technical standards
• Guide engineering teams through architecture implementation with hands‑on involvement during critical phases
• Facilitate technical discovery workshops and requirements sessions with client engineering, data, and IT stakeholders
• Evaluate and recommend cloud data platforms, frameworks, and third‑party integrations based on client requirements and constraints
• Identify and mitigate architectural risk across the project portfolio
• Contribute to pre‑sales technical scoping, RFP responses, and solution presentations
• Lead enterprise architecture discovery including current‑state assessment, gap analysis, and future‑state roadmapping
• Define platform architecture patterns for data pipelines, composable stacks, and API‑first ecosystems, including the integration of AI/ML capabilities into data flows
• Architect data foundations that connect marketing data ecosystems to analytics and ML workloads
• Partner with client and internal teams to align architecture to enterprise security, privacy, compliance, and governance requirements
• Establish engineering standards, documentation, and best practices, and mentor engineers on architectural decision‑making
• Represent technical strategy in client executive briefings and RFP/SOW processes

Conocimientos

Solution design

Architecture leadership

Python

SQL

Cloud data platforms

AI/ML integration

Data governance/security/compliance

Communication to executives

Stakeholder management

APIs & data pipelines

Herramientas

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Redshift

Descripción del empleo

Code and Theory, LLC is seeking an Associate Director–level Solution Architect to bridge technical depth and client strategy for large-scale data platforms and AI-enabled workflows. You’ll define the technical vision, design systems and integration patterns, and guide engineering teams through critical implementation phases while aligning with security and governance requirements.

With 7+ years in software or data engineering and hands-on experience in cloud platforms such as Snowflake,