The opportunity
Scale builds enterprise AI systems deployed into production. As a Staff Solutions Architect, you lead technical execution on the most complex and highest-value enterprise opportunities in your vertical, and you set the technical standard the rest of the team works to.
What you'll do
Deep engineering background with substantial experience in customer-facing: technical roles at enterprise scale: solutions architecture, sales engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or technical consulting. Hands-on proficiency in Python or equivalent language.
Track record owning the technical outcome on complex, multi-stakeholder deals: with Fortune 500 or equivalent enterprises.
Strong systems thinking across cloud, data, and AI/ML architecture, with: production experience in Generative AI and LLM systems, including agentic systems and their reliability characteristics.
Demonstrated ability to define evaluation methodology for problems without: established metrics, and to negotiate quality bars that survive customer validation and regulatory review.
Experience operating as a senior technical advisor to executive stakeholders,: with the presence to disagree with an executive and retain credibility.
Evidence of technical work adopted beyond your own engagements: reference architectures, methodologies, processes, or tooling used by others.
What they're looking for
- Experience mentoring technical individual contributors and raising the standard of a team.
- Clear technical communication and problem-solving when requirements are: unknown, including stating what is not yet known and how it would be determined.
- Deep domain expertise in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, or consumer verticals.
- Recognized externally in your domain: conference speaking, published technical writing, industry forums, or customer advisory participation.
