Senior Solutions Architect - Cloud-Native & API-Driven

Programmers.io; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Reston, VA seeks a seasoned Domain Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture for Sales and Marketing systems in a cloud-native, distributed environment. You will shape domain architecture, define principles and reference patterns, and align decisions with broader strategy.

You will partner with product managers and engineering leaders to drive API-first, event-driven designs, ensuring resiliency, security, and operability across large-scale enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering/information systems or similar technical area
• At least 12+ years of IT covering at least three areas: architecture, requirements & design, development, testing, application support
• 4+ years of MSO/Telecommunications experience with enterprise BSS systems and Solutions architecture

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve domain architecture for Sales and Marketing systems.
• Define and continuously evolve the end-to-end architecture for Sales and Marketing systems, spanning applications, services, integrations, and platforms.
• Establish architectural principles, standards, and reference patterns that enable consistent, high-quality system design across teams.
• Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to align domain decisions with broader architectural strategy.
• Apply deep functional and system understanding to develop and maintain knowledge of the end-to-end tech ecosystem and workflows.
• Help teams understand when to extend existing capabilities versus introducing new services or platforms.
• Partner with engineering teams to design cloud-native, distributed systems that support high-volume, business-critical workflows.
• Promote API-first and event-driven architectures that enable loose coupling and faster delivery.
• Ensure solutions are designed with resiliency, performance, security, and operational excellence in mind.
• Translate product and business strategies into coherent architectural direction and technology roadmaps.
• Evaluate new technologies and platforms through proof-of-concept and design exploration, making pragmatic recommendations.
• Balance innovation with simplicity, cost awareness, and long-term maintainability.
• Serve as a trusted technical partner to product managers, engineering leaders, and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with peer architects to make well-reasoned architectural decisions as a team.
• This role plays a critical part in ensuring our Sales and Marketing platforms evolve in a deliberate, scalable, and business-aligned way.
• Significant experience designing and evolving large-scale, distributed systems in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Demonstrated ability to reason about architectural tradeoffs and align technical solutions to real business needs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex system designs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting Sales, Marketing, CRM, or customer-facing platforms is a strong plus.

Skills

Domain architecture

Cloud-native

APIs

Event-driven

Distributed systems

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering/information systems

Job description

Programmers.io in Reston, VA seeks a seasoned Domain Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture for Sales and Marketing systems in a cloud-native, distributed environment. You will shape domain architecture, define principles and reference patterns, and align decisions with broader strategy.

You will partner with product managers and engineering leaders to drive API-first, event-driven designs, ensuring resiliency, security, and operability across large-scale enterprise platforms.