Solutions Architect

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote contract position

Hourly compensation

Exposure to diverse projects

Ownership of architecture

Direct access to decision-makers

Autonomous fast-moving environment

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to own the technical direction of client projects. You will design scalable architectures for web, mobile, and AI-powered products, lead discovery sessions, and craft realistic proposals and scopes of work.

Strong emphasis on security, multi-tenant design, and AI/LLM features will be key. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software engineering with architecture leadership, extensive experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, and excellent English

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years designing systems as a Solutions Architect or Technical Lead.
• Experience in an agency, consultancy, or product development studio managing multiple client projects.
• Ownership of the architecture of client-facing products deployed to real customers.
• Strong backend and data architecture fundamentals, including API design and relational modeling (PostgreSQL).
• Cloud architecture experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including containers and monitoring.
• Experience designing third-party integrations (APIs, webhooks, OAuth, queues) and fallback handling.
• Hands-on experience architecting AI/LLM features (RAG, production evaluation, cost/latency considerations).
• Excellent written and spoken English for client communication and technical docs.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery sessions with clients and translate requirements into clear solution designs.
• Design system architectures for web, mobile, and AI-powered products, including data models and hosting.
• Develop technical components of proposals, scopes of work, and realistic estimates.
• Design third-party integrations and vendor connections with consideration for APIs, retries, and monitoring.
• Plan multi-tenant and white-label architectures with proper data isolation and access controls.
• Incorporate security, privacy, and audit considerations from the outset.
• Define phased delivery strategies prioritizing lean MVPs while maintaining scalable architecture.
• Review code and engineering approaches to ensure alignment with approved architecture and handover.

Skills

Software engineering

Client-facing

Cloud architecture

API design

PostgreSQL

AWS

Azure

GCP

LLM features

Architecture review

Technical leadership

English communication

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

NestJS

React/Next.js

Shopify

Job description

Accountabilities

In this role, you will own the technical direction and quality of client projects, ensuring that proposed architectures are practical, secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead technical discovery sessions with clients, identify business requirements and constraints, and translate initial ideas into clear solution designs.
• Design system architectures for web, mobile, and AI-powered products, covering services, data models, hosting infrastructure, and system interactions.
• Develop the technical components of proposals and scopes of work, including modules, user flows, acceptance criteria, edge cases, and realistic estimates.
• Design third-party integrations and vendor connections, accounting for APIs, webhooks, retries, queues, monitoring, and provider flexibility.
• Plan multi-tenant and white-label architectures with appropriate data isolation and access controls.
• Integrate security and privacy considerations from the outset, including encryption, audit logs, consent management, data residency, and external audit requirements.
• Design AI and LLM-powered features, including model selection, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), guardrails, and production evaluation frameworks.
• Define phased delivery strategies that prioritize lean MVPs while preserving a scalable architecture for future development.
• Collaborate with Sales and Project Management teams to assess scope, timelines, dependencies, and delivery risks, raising concerns early when expectations are unrealistic.
• Review code, pull requests, and engineering approaches to ensure implementation remains aligned with the approved architecture.
• Guide and unblock engineers, establish technical standards, and maintain responsibility for technical quality through delivery and handover.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date architecture documentation to ensure continuity and shared technical understanding across teams.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is an experienced technical leader with a strong software engineering background, proven client-facing architecture experience, and the ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly. You should bring:

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, including 2 or more years designing systems as a Solutions Architect, Technical Lead, or in a comparable role.
• Experience working in an agency, consultancy, or product development studio, managing multiple client projects and switching between priorities effectively.
• Proven ownership of the architecture of client-facing products that have been deployed and used by real customers.
• Strong backend and data architecture fundamentals, including API design and relational database modeling with PostgreSQL or comparable technologies.
• Cloud architecture experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including containers, deployment processes, and monitoring.
• Practical experience designing third-party integrations involving APIs, webhooks, SSO, OAuth, background queues, and failure handling.
• Hands-on experience architecting AI and LLM features, including RAG solutions and production evaluation, with an understanding of their impact on cost, latency, and testing.
• Strong code and architecture review skills, with the ability to identify implementation issues and communicate solutions effectively to engineers.
• Confidence leading client-facing technical discussions and explaining complex trade-offs in accessible language to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to produce clear technical scopes and realistic estimates that engineering teams can deliver against.
• An AI-augmented working approach, using AI tools regularly for architecture, technical reviews, and documentation.
• Excellent written and spoken English, as you will communicate directly with clients and prepare technical documentation.

Additional experience that would be an advantage:

• Multi-tenant SaaS architecture, row-level security, or white-label deployments.
• Products involving strict privacy, compliance, sensitive personal information, data residency requirements, or external security audits.
• Mobile application architecture using React Native or Flutter.
• Experience reviewing TypeScript, Node.js frameworks such as NestJS, and React or Next.js applications.
• Familiarity with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify.
• Experience mentoring engineers and establishing technical standards across development teams.

Benefits

• Fully remote contract position, open to candidates located anywhere in the United States.
• Hourly compensation.
• Exposure to a diverse portfolio of web, mobile, and AI-powered products serving the US market.
• A steady pipeline of client projects within a growing team.
• Significant ownership of technical architecture and design, with flexibility to shape solutions rather than follow a rigid playbook.
• Direct access to decision-makers and clients, with minimal organizational layers.
• Collaboration with a peer network of engineers, designers, and project managers working across complementary projects.
• An autonomous, fast-moving environment that encourages initiative, curiosity, and continuous professional development.