Solutions Architect

Upstart 13; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work environment

20+ days of paid time off

Competitive USD salary

Job summary

Upstart 13 strategizes, solves, and builds solutions to business problems with AI, data, and software—grounded in strategic clarity. Upstart 13 in the United States is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to define long-term technical roadmaps, establish architectural standards, and guide the evolution of distributed systems.

You will mentor engineers, accelerate DevOps adoption, enable AI/ML integrations, and partner with Sales during pre-sales to assess technical feasibility in a fully remote

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in architecture-focused roles.
• Proven experience designing and evolving distributed systems in production.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, service-oriented architectures, and SOLID principles.
• Deep knowledge of SQL, data models, and databases.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and PaaS.
• Strong familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Ability to read and reason about complex codebases across multiple technologies.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed architecture blueprints, system designs, and long-term technical roadmaps.
• Establish architectural standards, best practices, and reference patterns.
• Architect and optimize cloud or hybrid infrastructures including networking, IAM, and security.
• Lead adoption and optimization of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success during the pre-sales cycle to assess technical feasibility.
• Mentor and guide engineers to elevate technical excellence and architectural thinking.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and support integration of AI/ML capabilities.

Skills

REST APIs

SOA

SOLID principles

DevOps practices

CI/CD

AI/ML integration

Mentoring

Architectural thinking

Tools

IaC tooling

PaaS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Responsibilities

• Create detailed architecture blueprints, system designs, and long-term technical roadmaps
• Establish architectural standards, best practices, and reference patterns
• Architect and optimize cloud or hybrid infrastructures including networking, IAM, and security
• Lead adoption and optimization of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success during the pre-sales cycle to assess technical feasibility
• Mentor and guide engineers to elevate technical excellence and architectural thinking
• Evaluate emerging technologies and support integration of AI/ML capabilities

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• 5+ years in architecture-focused roles
• Proven experience designing and evolving distributed systems in production
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, service-oriented architectures, and SOLID principles
• Deep knowledge of SQL, data models, and databases
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and PaaS
• Strong familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Ability to read and reason about complex codebases across multiple technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modernizing legacy systems or evolving mature platforms
• Exposure to cloud-native, containerized, or microservices architectures
• Experience with workflow orchestration or event-driven platforms
• AI/ML integration experience or familiarity with modern AI frameworks
• Cloud or architecture-related certifications

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment
• 20+ days of paid time off
• Competitive USD salary

About the Company

Upstart 13 strategizes, solves, and builds solutions to business problems with AI, data, and software—grounded in strategic clarity.