Solutions Architect

Job Description

About you

You are a passionate, dynamic, and self-taught technical professional who enjoys connecting business objectives with innovative technical solutions. You excel at bridging communication between Engineering, Sales, Design, Operations, and client teams, ensuring everyone shares a clear and unified vision.

You thrive in fast-paced environments where you can influence both strategy and execution, continuously researching and adapting to new technology trends. As a key technical leader, your mission is to convert complex business goals into scalable, executable solutions with a critical eye for technical feasibility, accelerating deal velocity, reducing delivery risks, and improving client satisfaction.

You bring to Applaudo the following competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4+ years of experience in technical consulting, pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical leadership.
• Strong hands-on technical background in Software Engineering, QA, DevOps, Systems Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Solid understanding of the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), architectural design principles, and modern software development practices.
• Experience designing and evaluating solutions using cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Knowledge of modern application architectures, including web, mobile, microservices, and CI/CD workflows.
• Ability to evaluate different technology stacks and recommend appropriate solutions based on business needs, technical feasibility, and delivery considerations.
• Proven experience leading technical discovery workshops, gathering requirements, and translating business challenges into solution proposals.
• Experience developing technical estimates, including effort assessment, team sizing, cost considerations, and delivery risks.
• Strong ability to assess architectural feasibility, identify technical risks, and validate solution readiness before project handoff.
• Experience creating clear, structured architecture diagrams and technical documentation.
• Proficiency with architecture, collaboration, and project management tools such as Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, Notion, HubSpot, Jira, or Power BI.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage directly with C-level executives and international clients.
• Strong analytical thinking, adaptability, technical curiosity, and ability to research and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Advanced English proficiency (C1/Fluent) for direct communication with US-based clients.
• Availability to work 100% on-site in El Salvador.
• Availability to travel approximately 10% of the time as required.

Nice to Have:

• Cloud certifications from AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Agile certifications related to Scrum, Kanban, or other relevant frameworks.

You will be accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Commercial, Sales, and Operations teams throughout the pre-sales process to understand client needs and develop technically and commercially viable solutions.
• Lead technical discovery workshops to identify business, functional, architectural, infrastructure, and security requirements.
• Translate client objectives into scalable solution architectures, technical approaches, and implementation recommendations.
• Develop solution estimates covering effort, team composition, costs, dependencies, and delivery risks.
• Create architecture diagrams, technical proposals, and execution-ready documentation to support effective handoffs to Delivery and Operations teams.
• Evaluate architectural feasibility and validate proposed solutions in collaboration with Engineering Leads and Delivery Managers.
• Research and assess technologies, architectural patterns, and cloud platforms to recommend solutions aligned with client requirements.
• Present technical proposals, architectural recommendations, and feasibility assessments to technical stakeholders and business executives.
• Identify potential technical constraints, delivery risks, and opportunities for improvement before project execution.
• Support commercial teams in communicating the technical value, feasibility, and business impact of proposed solutions.
• Participate in weekly deal reviews, architecture discussions, and sales pipeline planning activities.
• Maintain alignment between pre-sales commitments, technical recommendations, and delivery capabilities.

Qualifications

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.