Solution Architect

Cognite - AI for Industry; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & Inclusion

Modern working environment

Flat structure

Private health services

Cognite coffee bar

On-site gym

Team with global experts

Pet-friendly office

Job summary

Cognite, a leader in industrial AI and data solutions, seeks a Solution Architect to drive end-to-end architecture and customer-focused delivery in a global industrial setting.

You will lead integration efforts across customers, field sales, delivery teams, and product development, using Python/Java, SQL, and cloud platforms while ensuring lifecycle success and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer/Data Engineer/Machine Learning Engineer.
• Technical background, willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end architecture and solution design leadership.
• Offer strategic and technical expertise to support customers and project teams.
• Define enterprise and solution architecture, including integration/data models/pipelines.
• Express complex solutions via architecture modeling tools.
• Ensure operational responsibility and support for delivered solutions.
• Build relationships with stakeholders to drive adoption of Cognite’s products.
• Train internal teams and partners in your area of specialization.
• Collaborate with Sales, Engineering and Product Management to translate customer needs into offerings.
• Independently manage integration, data modeling, and related activities using Cognite connectors/extractors, SQL, Python/Java, Rest APIs and cloud providers like Azure, AWS & Google.

Skills

Software Engineer

Data Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Tools

Python

Java

SQL

REST APIs

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI , and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.

Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

How you’ll demonstrate Ownership

As a Solution Architect at Cognite, you will play a pivotal role in the Technology department within our Value Delivery organisation. In this customer-facing position, you will work directly with key customers, field sales, delivery teams, and product development. You will use your seniority and technical competencies to help to lead Norwegian and international industrial customers to increase productivity, profitability, reduce environmental impact and reduce costs. Our customers are large international process and energy industries, with challenges in asset performance and maintenance, production efficiency, and sustainability. Together with the team, you will define solutions and support each integration through to a successful finish.

• End-to-end architecture and solution design leadership.
• Providing strategic and technical expertise to support customers and the customer-facing project teams.
• Defining enterprise and solution architecture, including integration and data models and data ingestion pipelines, as well as user-facing solutions
• Expressing complex technical solutions through architecture modeling tools
• Ensure operational responsibility and support agreements for the delivered solutions
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, C-level executives, and IT and Business Data Managers to drive long-term adoption of Cognite’s products and services
• Training internal teams and partners in your area of specialization
• Collaborating with Sales, Engineering, and Product Management teams to translate customer needs into product offerings
• Independently work with managing integration, data modeling, and related activities using Cognite data connectors and extractors, SQL, Python/Java, Rest APIs and Cloud platform providers like Azure, AWS & Google
• Collaborate with our Sales, Engineering and Product Management teams to turn customer needs into a prioritised pipeline of product offerings
• Develop and maintain technical and business expertise for Cognite’s products

The Impact you bring to Cognite

• We expect all our solutions architects to be hands-on in python as well as a good hands-on expertise with software development best practices.
• Open to travel.
• You must be highly organised, thorough, and communicate well with all stakeholders.
• Take ownership and drive tasks independently
• You will be required to collaborate, lead, and coach, as well as work independently.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer/Data Engineer/Machine Learning Engineer
• Technical background, willing and able to dive in and contribute code for advanced topics when needed

Preferred Experience

• Experience from domains like Manufacturing, Energy, O&G, Pharma, Life sciences is preferred

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

• Join an organization of 60 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus
• A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata to know more
• Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries, with cutting edge technology
• Join our HUB to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
• Get access to private health services with Cognite Care.
• Hungry? We’ve got your back. A subsidized lunch at the canteen is delivered by the chefs at Fornebuporten (Aker Tech House)
• Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.
• We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.
• A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot at the Robot Garden!

Learn more about us

• Impact 2025
• Cognite’s Industrial AI: Moonshot
• We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.

_ Equal Opportunity _

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.