Staff Solutions Architect, AI Subject Matter Expert
Quick Summary
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Solutions Architect,
The Staff Solutions Architect will serve as a leading technical authority for a specialized product domain, helping enterprise customers navigate complex technical decisions and achieve successful outcomes. This fully remote role combines deep technical expertise, customer-facing architecture, and strategic collaboration across Sales, Product, and Engineering. You will guide high-priority opportunities, lead technical evaluations, and demonstrate how advanced DevSecOps and AI capabilities address customer needs. You will also translate real-world customer feedback into product improvements while strengthening the technical expertise of the wider solutions architecture organization. Through reusable architectures, demonstrations, and enablement resources, you will help teams scale their impact and deliver consistent results. This is an opportunity to influence product strategy, accelerate AI adoption, and support secure, efficient software development at enterprise scale.
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Serve as the technical authority for a designated product group across high-priority and complex enterprise opportunities, guiding customers from discovery and architecture design through trials and Proof of Value (PoV) evaluations.
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Lead technical deep dives, workshops, and executive briefings that connect product capabilities to business outcomes and clearly differentiate solutions from competing technologies.
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Develop and improve standardized PoV templates, product-specific evaluation content, and measurable success criteria while ensuring evaluations align with the broader platform strategy.
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Collaborate with Product Management and Product Marketing on product launches by developing demonstrations, technical presentations, sales talk tracks, and customer success stories.
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Act as an escalation point for Account Solutions Architects and Post-Sales Solutions Architects on complex technical questions, integrations, product capabilities, and competitive objections.
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Coordinate successful transitions from pre-sales to post-sales teams by communicating PoV success criteria, architecture decisions, and implementation requirements.
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Remain engaged after a sale until the customer's first production workload is running, providing additional support for complex accounts when needed to accelerate adoption and consumption.
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Gather and communicate structured customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and technical requirements to Product Management and Engineering to influence product roadmaps and development priorities.
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Support early-access initiatives and design-partner programs, and represent the organization at customer events, industry conferences, working groups, and through published technical content.
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Create reusable reference architectures, demonstration environments, competitive battlecards, PoV playbooks, and enablement materials that help account teams manage opportunities independently.
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Mentor Account Solutions Architects, strengthen their confidence and technical capabilities, and contribute to a global subject matter expert community.
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Monitor performance through technical win rates, bookings on supported opportunities, product-category targets, consumption growth, PoV conversion rates, evaluation timelines, production adoption, and the reuse and effectiveness of enablement assets.
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Champion AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, and practical AI applications that improve software development productivity and customer outcomes.
Requirements
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Substantial experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, consulting, or software engineering, with deep hands-on expertise in at least one relevant technical domain.
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Strong specialization in one of the following areas:
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Security and Compliance: Application security testing, software supply chain security, dependency management, compliance, or AI governance.
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Platform and Infrastructure: Scalable cloud and hybrid architectures, self-managed deployments, cloud infrastructure, or bring-your-own-model environments.
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Core DevSecOps: Large-scale CI/CD environments, source code management, software delivery workflows, and migration projects.
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AI and Competitive Solutions: Production AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, working prototypes, competitive evaluations, or enterprise migrations.
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Practical experience applying AI-assisted and agentic development workflows across planning, coding, testing, security, and software delivery in a customer-facing or pre-sales environment.
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Demonstrated success influencing technical decisions in large, complex enterprise opportunities through structured Proof of Concept (PoC) or PoV evaluations with defined success criteria and executive approval.
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Hands-on knowledge of Git, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud provider.
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Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and executive audiences, including leading architecture discussions with engineers and presenting business value to senior decision-makers.
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Strong written communication skills, with the ability to turn complex technical concepts into clear, reusable documentation and playbooks.
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Experience collaborating asynchronously across time zones with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams.
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Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving, and presentation skills, with the ability to translate customer requirements into practical technical recommendations.
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Public speaking, published technical content, open-source contributions, or relevant certifications in Kubernetes, cloud architecture, or security are advantageous but optional.
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Candidates with transferable experience in adjacent technical domains are encouraged to apply.
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What We Offer
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About this job
- Pay per year
- $166,200–$279,900 a year
- 18% above the $189,500 median for Software Architect jobs on Jobera (480 salaries).
- Who can apply
- United States
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Listing Details
- Posted
- October 19, 2026
- First seen
- October 19, 2026
- Last seen
- October 19, 2026
Posting Health
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- Trust Level
- 80%
- Scored at
- October 19, 2026
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