[Hiring] Principal Solutions Architect @Solvd

Role Description

Solvd Cloud, Infra, Data & Security is growing fast, and our architecture leadership needs to keep up. We need someone who can take an unclear problem, define it, design the answer, and make sure it ships. You'll set technical direction across cloud, infrastructure, and data. You'll shape engagements and roadmaps before they're committed. And you'll stay close enough to delivery that what we design is what gets built. We operate AI-first: you'll use AI as a daily tool to move faster and multiply what you and the teams around you can deliver.

There will be ambiguity. That's the job. The plans don't exist yet, and you'll help write them.

Why this role, why now:

• You'll help define the business, not inherit it.
• The Cloud BU is rapidly scaling. The patterns, standards, and team habits you set now become how we operate.
• The scope is broad on purpose. It covers cloud foundations, Kubernetes platforms, data, and AI workloads, so you won't be boxed into one layer.
• Decisions move quickly. You'll work directly with BU leadership, and decisions take days, not quarters.
• The problems are current. The work is getting AI workloads into production safely, building data platforms that are governed, and keeping cloud spend under control.

What you'll own:

• Architecture direction: Define reference architectures, landing zones, and standards across AWS and Azure, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Data and AI platforms: Design lakehouse and warehouse, streaming, and governance patterns.
• Solution shaping: Lead technical discovery, size and de-risk the work, and write the solution designs and technical scope that teams commit to.
• AI-accelerated delivery: Use AI tools across the architecture lifecycle.
• Security and compliance by design: Own IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, and logging.
• Cost and operability: Ensure every design ships with a run cost, reliability targets, an observability plan, and a rollback path.
• Raising the bar: Run design reviews, mentor architects and senior engineers, and turn repeat solutions into reusable accelerators.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in infrastructure, cloud, or data engineering, including several years as the accountable architect for production systems at scale.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, production Kubernetes, and Terraform (or an equivalent IaC tool).
• Designed and shipped modern data platforms, such as Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, or Redshift, including governance and data quality.
• Think security-first: IAM design, zero-trust networking, encryption, and audit readiness are defaults.
• Use AI as a force multiplier, showing concrete examples of AI shortening delivery timelines or expanding output.
• Can explain a tradeoff to a CFO in the morning and debug it with an engineer in the afternoon.
• Act under ambiguity: Write the first draft of the plan instead of waiting to be handed one.

Requirements

• Nice to have: Experience putting GenAI or LLM systems into production (RAG, evaluation, guardrails, agent orchestration).
• Multi-cloud or hybrid experience at enterprise scale.
• Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or the public sector.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or CKA certifications.
• Experience building an architecture practice or center of excellence from an early stage.

Benefits

• Shape real-world AI-driven projects across key industries, working with clients from startup innovation to enterprise transformation.
• Be part of a global team with equal opportunities for collaboration across continents and cultures.
• Thrive in an inclusive environment that prioritizes continuous learning, innovation, and ethical AI standards.

Company Description

Solvd Inc. is a rapidly growing AI-native consulting and technology services firm delivering enterprise transformation across cloud, data, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. We work with industry-leading organizations to design, build, and operationalize technology solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.