SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - Colombia

Our client, a major US parking operator, has partnered with our organization to build and manage a custom, enterprise-grade product that will impact millions of users. This highly complex solution is central to their operations and is characterized by extensive APIs and integrations across various platforms, while combining cloud-native applications with critical on-site hardware & custom software, demanding requirements for high performance and uptime, requiring failovers, extensive error handling, and seamless data synchronization.

This project includes establishing the technical foundation for machine learning capabilities, custom software development, and designing repeatable, scalable templates to facilitate a national market rollout.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect that, as part of our small, agile studio, is the definitive technical authority responsible for the overall system design, architectural integrity, and long-term sustainability of the platform. You will ensure technical decisions align with business goals and that the engineering team has clear, standardized patterns to follow. This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise in distributed systems, security, and cloud architecture.

The ideal candidate is an experienced technical leader, capable of driving high-level system design and architecture decisions. They are expected to demonstrate foresight, strategic planning, and meticulous documentation practices. Furthermore, they will possess a resilient, ownership-oriented mindset critical for navigating complex problem resolution and providing sustained technical stewardship.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Strategy and Design: Define the end-to-end technical architecture of the solution, including service boundaries, data models, integration patterns, and technology selection across both cloud and on-premise components.

• Distributed Systems Mastery: Design highly available and resilient IOT & cloud systems that seamlessly manage data synchronization, failover, and extensive error handling between local installations and the centralized cloud infrastructure.

• Performance and Scalability: Establish architectural standards to meet rigorous high performance, high uptime, and scalability requirements, including designing deployment templates for efficient nationwide adoption.

• Technical Governance: Own and govern the implementation of technical standards, security protocols, and engineering best practices (e.g., CI/CD, monitoring, testing) across the development lifecycle.

• Integration and Legacy Systems: Define the strategy and technical mechanisms for integrating modern cloud services with a variety of existing, legacy on-premise hardware and software applications.

Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Provide high-level technical guidance to the development team, review complex designs and code, and communicate architectural vision clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders (client, product owner).

Required Skills and Experience

• Architectural Leadership and Domain Expertise

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in a dedicated Solutions Architect or Principal Engineer role.

• Proficiency in modern web technologies (TypeScript, NodeJS, Python) and a strong understanding of full-stack technologies sufficient to guide the engineering team.

• Capable of implementing and shaping a team around advanced AI tools, techniques, and approaches.

• Expertise in Cloud Architecture (Azure), including deep knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, and serverless architectures.

• Mandatory experience designing and building IOT systems that require real-time synchronization, failover mechanisms, and resilience between cloud and on-premise/edge computing environments.

• Deep knowledge of API and integration patterns (e.g., Microservices, event-driven architecture, API gateways) required to handle extensive integrations.

• Experience in Machine Learning (ML) MLOps and architecture, specifically designing the data pipeline and service layer for integrating ML models into enterprise applications.

• Proven ability to define non-functional requirements such as security architectures for both cloud environments and distributed local installations, performance, reliability) and translate them into actionable, testable architectural components.

• Excellent ability to document and communicate complex architectural decisions to technical teams and present them clearly to client stakeholders.

Teamwork, Communication, & Workflows

• Fluent English speaking ability is essential for effective collaboration with the client and team in a professional setting.

• Must be a team-oriented leader capable of working collaboratively in a small, agile environment, fostering high quality and continuous improvement.

• Exceptional communication skills (written & vertebral) for presenting architectural vision to both technical and non-technical executives, negotiating trade-offs, and ensuring transparent alignment.

• Leads the adoption and refinement of development methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevOps), establishing best practices for high-quality, scalable system delivery and continuous improvement.

• Acts as a key technical leader, driving team success, mentoring engineers, and fostering collective technical excellence.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Life insurance coverage

Dental benefits

Lunch card

PROPOSAL:

• Salary range: Confidential.

• Type of contract: Contractor

• Working mode: remote - Only Colombia.
  

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