Solutions Architect
Applaudo Studios2 days ago
Guatemala City, GuatemalaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Commercial, Sales, and Operations teams throughout the pre-sales process to understand client needs and develop technically and commercially viable solutions.
- Lead technical discovery workshops and gather business, functional, architectural, infrastructure, and security requirements.
- Translate client objectives into scalable solution architectures, technical approaches, and implementation recommendations.
- Develop estimates covering effort, team composition, costs, dependencies, and delivery risks.
- Create architecture diagrams, technical proposals, and execution-ready documentation for handoff to Delivery and Operations teams.
- Evaluate architectural feasibility and validate proposed solutions with Engineering Leads and Delivery Managers.
- Research technologies, architectural patterns, and cloud platforms to recommend solutions aligned with client requirements.
- Present technical proposals, architectural recommendations, and feasibility assessments to technical stakeholders and business executives.
- Identify technical constraints, delivery risks, and improvement opportunities before project execution.
- Support commercial teams in communicating the technical value, feasibility, and business impact of proposed solutions.
- Participate in deal reviews, architecture discussions, and sales pipeline planning while maintaining alignment between pre-sales commitments and delivery capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
- 4+ years of experience in technical consulting, pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical leadership.
- Strong hands-on technical background in Software Engineering, QA, DevOps, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle, architectural design principles, and modern software development practices.
- Experience designing and evaluating solutions using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Knowledge of modern web, mobile, and microservices architectures and CI/CD workflows.
- Ability to evaluate technology stacks and recommend solutions based on business needs, technical feasibility, and delivery considerations.
- Experience leading technical discovery workshops, gathering requirements, and translating business challenges into solution proposals.
- Experience developing technical estimates, including effort, team sizing, cost considerations, dependencies, and delivery risks.
- Experience creating architecture diagrams and clear technical documentation.
- Proficiency with Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, Notion, HubSpot, Jira, or Power BI.
- Strong communication, presentation, analytical, adaptability, stakeholder management, and technical research skills.
- Ability to engage directly with C-level executives and international clients.
- Advanced English proficiency at C1 or fluent level for communication with US-based clients.
- Cloud certifications from AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud are preferred.
- Agile certifications related to Scrum, Kanban, or other relevant frameworks are preferred.
Benefits
- 100% on-site work in El Salvador.
- Approximately 10% travel as required.
- Opportunity to work on AI-powered, cloud, data, and software solutions in an AI-native organization.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Applaudo Studios
Applaudo Studios provides nearshore software engineering and AI consulting to enterprises, delivering product design, custom development, cloud, and data services from Latin America. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Salvador, the privately held firm builds and operates web, mobile, and enterprise systems and supports digital transformation initiatives. Clients engage Applaudo for AI assessments and implementation, scalable delivery teams, and ongoing DevOps and QA support.