Solutions Architect

Lithia Motors, Inc; Oregon; Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical/Dental/Vision plans

PTO: 80 hours front-loaded on day 1

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Vehicle Purchase Discounts

Wellness Programs

Lithia Learning Center

Job summary

Lithia & Driveway is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to drive discovery, architecture, and solution design across business and technology initiatives. This role collaborates with engineering, data, cloud, security, and business teams to ensure investments align with objectives.

This high-impact individual contributor role requires guiding architectural decisions, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on design, and delivering implementable architectures for complex programs.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Experience leading architecture and solution design across multiple domains.
• Strong requirements discovery and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and current-state assessments with stakeholders.
• Design scalable, secure architectures across applications and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering, cloud, security, and data teams.
• Develop implementation-ready solution architectures and designs.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and guide risk and scalability decisions.
• Support modernization and reduce technical debt.

Skills

Enterprise-scale design

Distributed systems

Cloud-native applications

Requirements discovery

Stakeholder engagement

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

APIs

System integration

Security basics

Job description

At Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) our success is fueled by our high performing teams delivering Auto Done Easy for our customers. We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. We've built a retail model that champions entrepreneurial leadership, Growth Powered by People, and a strategy that creates possibilities and pushes us to reach our potential.

We're looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to drive discovery, architecture, and solution design across strategic business and technology initiatives. You'll work across engineering, data, cloud, security, and business teams to define solution approaches, guide architectural decisions, and ensure technology investments align with business objectives.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thrives in complex environments, can balance strategic thinking with hands‑on solution design, and enjoys solving business problems through thoughtful architecture and cross‑functional collaboration.

Location: Remote - some travel needed (up to 4 times per year)

Target Hiring Range: $150,000–$175,000

What You'll Do

• Lead discovery and current-state assessments with business and technology stakeholders to understand existing systems, dependencies, and requirements, identify opportunities, and define solution approaches.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient architectures across applications, integrations, cloud platforms, data ecosystems, and emerging technologies.
• Partner with engineering, cloud, security, and data teams to ensure solutions align with architectural principles and operational requirements.
• Develop clear, implementation-ready solution architectures, technical designs, system integrations, and implementation approaches for strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and provide guidance on technical tradeoffs, risks, scalability, and long‑term maintainability.
• Support modernization initiatives, helping teams reduce technical debt and improve platform performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Evaluate technologies, vendor solutions, and third‑party platforms to support business objectives and technology evolution.
• Contribute to architecture standards, reference patterns, and best practices while promoting consistency across solutions.
• Collaborate with technical and business leaders to translate strategic goals into practical technology solutions.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout project planning, design, and delivery.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise‑scale software solutions, distributed systems, and cloud‑native applications.
• Experience leading architecture and solution design efforts across multiple technology domains, including applications, cloud, integrations, data, and security.
• Strong background in requirements discovery, solution architecture, technical design, and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience evaluating technical options, documenting solution approaches, and guiding architecture decisions through implementation.
• Expertise with cloud platforms, APIs, system integration, scalability, security, and modern application architectures.
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies, including emerging enterprise AI capabilities, and an understanding of their architectural, security, and governance considerations.

Total Rewards

At Lithia & Driveway, we believe in pay transparency. The full compensation range for this position is $135,000–$185,000, reflecting the earning potential and growth opportunities available within the role. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, job‑related knowledge, and geographic location. Final pay decisions are made through the interview process and in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Paid Holidays
• PTO:80 hours front‑loaded on day 1
• Short and Long‑Term Disability
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Lithia Learning Center
• Vehicle Purchase Discounts
• Wellness Programs

Additional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at totalrewards.lithiadriveway.com

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.