Solution Architect

Pollyester; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pollyester is seeking a role that sits between the growth conversation and the build, turning vague briefs into concrete system designs. You will define what to automate, what stays human, and what the stack looks like when it works, bridging strategy and implementation.

You’ll own the design and craft a scope the shipping team can inherit without translation meetings, ensuring the build remains aligned with what was planned and measured.

Job description

Growth systems · Between the conversation and the build

You sit between what a founder says is broken and what a team can actually build, and you turn one into the other. What reaches the builders is a design, not a wish.

Most of the waste in this industry lives in the gap between the growth conversation and the build. This role sits in that gap on purpose.

What you'll do

• Turn what a founder says is broken into a system design: what's automated, what stays human, what the stack looks like when it works.
• Decide where AI genuinely belongs in a workflow and where a human has to stay.
• Write scopes the shipping team can inherit without a translation meeting.
• Work both sides of the gap: the growth conversation with the brand, and the build conversation with the engineers.
• Pressure-test every design against the stack and the data the brand actually has.
• Stay close to the build until the system is running as designed and being used.

What you'll own

The design. You turn what's broken into a system: what's automated, what stays human, what the stack looks like when it works, and a scope the shipping team can inherit without a translation meeting. When the build starts, the hard thinking is already done.

Who you are

• You've been the engineer who resented the vague brief, or the strategist who watched a good idea die in the build. Probably both.
• You like being the person who makes the ambiguous thing concrete.
• You can hold a technical design and a founder conversation in the same day.

Who this isn't for

If you need to pick one side, pure architecture or pure client work, this role won't let you. It's the bridge, and the bridge gets walked on from both directions.

How we evaluate

Whether the systems you scope get built as designed, get used, and move the number they were designed to move.

If this is your seat, show us the work.

Not a resume. One thing you made or moved that speaks to this role. We read every one, and we write back either way.