Solutions Architect

Egreenservices; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 88,000 - 134,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid family leave

Mentors invested in your success

Clear promotion ladder

Job summary

3M in Erie, PA is seeking a Solutions Architect to transform vague technology requests into quietly‑excellent, well-scoped systems.

With 7+ years in the field, you will wire Terraform feature flags, tune caching, fix bugs, and translate napkin ideas into prototypes. This is a part‑time role offering a clear promotion ladder, paid family leave, and mentors invested in your success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in technology architecture or related field.
• Experience at a senior level in a part-time role.
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating technology expertise.
• Ability to thrive independently and in a tight-knit team.

Responsibilities

• Wire up Terraform feature flags so Erie traffic can be tested safely.
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.
• Translate napkin ideas into unit testing prototypes that are playful yet serious.
• Tune Terraform caching to handle Erie launch spikes on current hardware.
• Replace brittle PostgreSQL approach with a scalable networking solution.
• Scale Terraform services from Erie pilot to PA-wide rollout.
• Own edge cases in REST API billing that no one else wants to touch.

Skills

C#

Portfolio samples

Independent work

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Job description

We need a Solutions Architect who can take a vague technology request and return a quietly-excellent system that does exactly, and only, what was asked. For the empowering Solutions Architect with 7 years, 3M answers with $88,000 - $134,000, a part-time setup, and a ladder built for climbing.

Key Responsibilities

• Wire up Terraform feature flags so 3M can test on Erie traffic risk-free
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Translate a napkin idea from 3M founders into an Unit Testing playfully-serious prototype
• Tune Terraform caching so 3M survives the Erie launch spike on the same hardware
• Replace the brittle PostgreSQL hack with a Networking solution that survives Erie scale
• Scale 3M's Terraform services from Erie pilot to PA-wide rollout
• Own the growth-minded edge cases in 3M's REST API billing nobody else wants to touch

What You'll Bring

• Track record that proves you can delightfully-weird ship under deadline pressure
• At least 6 years building expertise within the technology space
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise
• Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
• Senior mastery of C#, validated by people who'd hire you again
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• Experience at the senior level inside a part-time role

3M is a nimble company in Erie, PA that turns complex technology problems into simple, elegant solutions. Disagreement is welcome here, but once we decide, the whole 3M team rows in the same direction.

Joining us means $88,000 - $134,000, a clear promotion ladder, paid family leave, and mentors invested in your success.