Solutions Architect

About you

You are someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests and be able to grow professionally.  As an Applaudo Solutions Architect you become the bridge between sales, operations and customer teams during the initial phases of the projects collecting information, constraints and goals to finally propose a technical solution. You are a key member of the sales team and the output of your work has an important impact on the entire organization . You will conduct detailed technical discovery workshops, assess cultural, structural and business functions with security requirements while translating these findings to a foundational solution built for scale and flexibility. The ideal candidate combines excellent technical, product and business skills to make our customers successful.

You bring to Applaudo the following competencies: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related fields  
• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer, technical consultant, partner/sales/solutions engineer  
• Experience building solutions leveraging AWS, Azure or Google Cloud technologies, with a strong background in software development for mobile platforms, cloud infrastructure or web.
• Well versed in the agile methodologies like SCRUM and Kanban.
• Excellent presentation skills for presenting both business-oriented solutions and advanced technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical and problem-solving thinking
• Innovate thinking, Leadership, Organization, Networking aptitude, Attention to details skills.
• Deep knowledge of business
• Knowledge in software development
• An eye for new opportunities and technologies that can benefit our customers on areas such as scalability, delivery, quality and cost.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish.

You will be accountable for the following responsibilities: 

• Assist the US sales, local sales team and customer relationship management team during the pre-sale and sale process of new and recurring opportunities.
• Engage with potential customers to understand their business objectives and needs
• Serve as a technical expert to understand customer's goals and technical
• requirements.
• Assist customers to plan and diagram their ideas into technical solutions through discovery sessions, technical sessions, design sprints and other workshops.
• Deliver tailored pre-sales technical presentation to technical and non-technical
• audiences.
• Coordinate the effort, time and team sizing of new engagements and RFPs.
• Assist the operations team during sales hand-off, planning and release of major milestones in projects when needed.
• Provide the initial vision and the technical and functional requirements prior to the start of an engagement.
• Assist on-going projects with questions related to the solution architecture
• Conduct detailed technical discovery workshops, assess cultural, structural, business functions, and security requirements while translating these findings to a foundational solution built for scale and flexibility.
• Advocate for best practices and pick the right technologies tailored to each solution.
• Guide Applaudo’s Engineering and Design teams in exploring, learning, and understanding new technologies based on experience, market demand and trends.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Skills: 

Well versed in the agile methodology SCRUM and Kanban.  Capable of building solutions diagrams that are both highly informative and beautiful. 

Here at Applaudo Studios values as trust, communication, respect, excellence and team work are our keys to success. We know we are working with the best and thus treat each other with respect and admiration without asking.

Submit your application today, and don't miss this opportunity to join the Best Digital team in the Region!

We truly appreciate all the hard and outstanding work our team makes every day at Applaudo Studios, and that's why the perks that we offer, are deeply thought and designed as a way to thank them for their commitment and excellence.

Some of our perks and benefits:

• Work from home
• Flexible schedule
• Celebrations
• Special discounts
• Entertainment area
• Flexible work spaces
• Great work environment
• Private medical insurance

*Benefits may vary according to your location and/or availability. Request further information when applying.