[Hiring] Principal Solutions Architect @OpenFn

Role Description

We are hiring a Principal Solutions Architect to own solution quality and technical strategy across OpenFn's implementation portfolio, taking responsibility for technical decisions from pre-sales conversations with prospective customers to final project handover.

This role sits at the intersection of enterprise architecture, integration design, and implementation leadership. You will:

• Learn the OpenFn platform inside and out, its capabilities, its limits, and how to apply it well.
• Guide implementation teams delivering workflow automation and interoperability solutions for government ministries, health systems, and large NGOs.
• Be the first port of call for engineers and consultants when technical challenges arise in integration pipelines, local deployments, or solution design.
• Bridge knowledge gaps, resolve problems, and mentor the team in their work.
• Establish best practices in code quality, working methods, and engineering approach.
• Help build institutional knowledge that makes the whole team stronger over time.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems integration, or technical implementation leadership.
• Demonstrated expertise with integration platforms, middleware, or workflow automation tools.
• Strong JavaScript / Node.js proficiency and experience with backend development and API integration patterns.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Experience in a consulting or professional services context.
• Ability to operate effectively in lean, distributed teams.
• Familiarity with interoperability standards in global health or humanitarian systems.
• Experience with DevOps practices in low-resource or sovereign-hosting contexts.
• Background working with digital public goods, open source, or government digital transformation programs.
• Working proficiency in French or Spanish is a bonus.

Requirements

• Own technical architecture across the services portfolio, from pre-contract scoping through delivery.
• Lead solution design for OpenFn-centered interoperability engagements.
• Consult directly with government and NGO technical counterparts on OpenFn solution design.
• Set and uphold the technical quality bar across the services portfolio.
• Develop internal standards and guidelines for OpenFn implementations.
• Mentor engineers and consultants in JavaScript competence and systems-level integration thinking.
• Define and oversee deployment strategies for government clients hosting OpenFn.

Benefits

• Financial compensation is commensurate with experience.
• Flexible working schedule.
• Fully remote work with team meetups across Europe and Africa.
• Exposure to industry and technology trends in health and humanitarian interventions.
• Opportunity for leadership and advancement.
• Chance to shape strategy and impact millions of lives through open source software.