This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Solutions Architect, Enterprise - East based in United States.
This role sits at the intersection of enterprise architecture, distributed systems, and customer-facing technical leadership, supporting organizations as they adopt a modern, reliable application runtime platform. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior engineering and product stakeholders, guiding them through complex architectural decisions and large-scale production deployments. The position blends hands-on technical depth with strategic sales partnership, helping shape both initial adoption and long-term expansion. You will design and validate real-world application patterns, build prototypes, and demonstrate how modern orchestration and reliability systems solve critical enterprise challenges. Working closely with account executives, you will influence deal strategy and ensure technical success across the full customer lifecycle. This is a highly visible role requiring strong communication skills, systems thinking, and the ability to translate ambiguity into actionable architecture. You will operate in a fast-moving, collaborative environment with significant impact on customer outcomes and platform adoption.
In this role, you will serve as a senior technical authority for enterprise customers, guiding architecture, evaluation, and production adoption of complex distributed systems solutions. You will partner closely with sales teams to drive both new business and expansion opportunities while ensuring strong technical alignment throughout the customer journey.
This position requires deep expertise in distributed systems and enterprise architecture, combined with strong customer-facing communication skills and hands-on development experience. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and influencing technical direction at senior stakeholder levels.
Based on 7,656 disclosed Software salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $158K/year, with most offers between $123K and $199K (10th–90th percentile: $101K–$236K).
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