Solutions Architect - Platform

Grid Dynamics Seattle, WA
Full Time Mid Level 5+ years

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About This Role

As a Solutions Architect, you will serve as a strategic consultant and technical visionary, bridging business challenges with cutting-edge technology. You will lead technical assessments, design scalable cloud-native platforms, and drive the adoption of AI-accelerated engineering across the SDLC to deliver high-scale enterprise projects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead comprehensive technical assessments of client landscapes to identify modernization opportunities
  • Conduct product selection processes and vendor evaluations in collaboration with ISV partners
  • Architect resilient, cloud-native services platforms and agentic workflows for complex enterprise use cases
  • Drive an AI-First engineering culture by implementing AI SDLC acceleration tools and methodologies
  • Supervise end-to-end implementation, ensuring alignment with design principles, security standards, and performance benchmarks
  • Act as a trusted advisor to VP-level and Director-level stakeholders, negotiating technical decisions and presenting complex solution designs
  • Lead technical discovery phases and RFP responses for new and existing accounts
  • Contribute to corporate blueprints and whitepapers to showcase company expertise

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in senior technical leadership
  • Proven track record of delivering high-scale enterprise projects
  • Strong knowledge of modern architecture patterns and engineering practices (DevOps/SRE alignment, quality, security)
  • Experience designing cloud-native solutions, agentic workflows, and composable platforms
  • Experience leading and aligning multi-disciplinary pods (e.g., Product, UX/Design, Data Science, Mobile)
  • Practical experience with Generative AI and Agentic Frameworks to solve business problems and optimize development processes
  • Deep experience in client-facing roles, including requirement clarification, technical roadmap development, and 'buy vs. build' analysis
  • Expertise in orchestrating complex rollouts, defining SLAs/SLOs, and maturing operational readiness of client teams
  • Exceptional verbal and visual storytelling skills; ability to translate technical debt and architectural choices into business value
  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience in senior technical leadership, driving architectural alignment and managing technical roadmaps for complex digital transformation programs

Nice to Have

  • Strong background in specific domains such as Retail, Finance, or High-Tech
  • Experience working directly with partners like Databricks, commercetools, or Google Cloud on joint solutioning
  • Proven ability to architect solutions across multiple technology stacks (e.g., Java, Python, TypeScript)
  • Experience establishing guardrails for AI solutions, including real-time monitoring and security perimeters for AI-driven actions, and architectural patterns for AI safety and data privacy
  • Contribution to the tech community via blogs, open-source projects, or public speaking

Skills

Python * Google Cloud * Java * DevOps * Generative AI * Databricks * TypeScript * SRE * Cloud-native * Agentic frameworks * commercetools *

* Required skills

Benefits

Dental Insurance
Professional development opportunities
Vision Insurance
Corporate social events
Medical Insurance

About Grid Dynamics

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ: GDYN) is a leading provider of technology consulting, platform and product engineering, AI, and advanced analytics services, with 8 years of experience and leadership in enterprise AI.

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