N-iX is a global software development service company that helps businesses across the globe create next-generation software products. Founded in 2002, we unite 2,400+ tech-savvy professionals across 40+ countries, working on impactful projects for industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies. Our expertise spans cloud, data, AI/ML, embedded software, IoT, and more, driving digital transformation across finance, manufacturing, telecom, healthcare, and other industries. Join N-iX and become part of a team where your ideas make a real impact. At N-iX CTO Group, we harness the power of technology to drive innovation and deliver exceptional business value. We specialize in designing and executing industry-relevant solutions that redefine standards in enterprise technology. Join a vibrant team committed to driving large-scale transformation across global enterprises. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will play a key leadership role in shaping technology direction, guiding cross-functional initiatives, and enabling high-impact delivery. You’ll be responsible for leading complex solution engagements, from discovery and advisory to implementation, while mentoring architecture talent, strengthening practices, and contributing to company-wide strategic growth. This role is ideal for a seasoned architect with strong consulting capabilities, a track record of hands-on project delivery, and the ability to scale architectural impact across multiple teams and accounts. Key Responsibilities Strategic &amp; Leadership Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Lead architecture visioning and cross-cutting strategic initiatives across a portfolio of enterprise clients.</li> <li>Drive practice growth by establishing frameworks, methodologies, and reusable assets for solution delivery and consulting engagements.</li> <li>Build and mentor architecture and engineering teams, ensuring capability uplift and technical excellence across accounts.</li> <li>Act as a trusted advisor to client C-level executives and technology leaders, helping shape digital strategy and technology roadmaps.</li> <li>Govern architecture implementation across the portfolio to ensure alignment with best practices, maintainability, and long-term value.</li> </ul> <h4>Delivery &amp; Consulting Responsibilities:</h4> <ul> <li>Lead or guide discovery phases, assessments, technical workshops, and architecture audits.</li> <li>Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable, sustainable architectural solutions.</li> <li>Own solution proposals during pre-sales and upsales, including technical vision, high-level design, risk management, and cost estimation.</li> <li>Lead project execution, ensuring architecture is delivered according to vision.</li> <li>Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, aligning client needs with forward-thinking architectural approaches.</li> <li>Act as a Chief Architect and lead a team with subordinate architects on the complex accounts.</li> </ul> <h3>Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>Presale and engagement experience, and this is the part we weigh most. You have led, or carried a substantial part of, discovery, assessment, and proposal work: the client workshops, the solution vision, the estimate behind it, and the artifacts that went out the door.</li> <li>8+ years of relevant industry experience, at least 2 of them as an architect.</li> <li>Demonstrated ownership of account delivery, of discovery and assessment engagements, or of both.</li> <li>Proven experience leading consulting engagements such as assessments, discoveries, and workshops, or building and scaling architecture for large teams of 10+ engineers running 9 months or longer. Strength in both is a strong plus.</li> <li>Experience in at least 2 core technology domains: BE or FE development, data architecture, embedded and IoT, cloud architecture, enterprise architecture.</li> <li>Structured design methods in practice: architectural drivers, quality attribute scenarios, trade-off analysis, and architectural estimation, architecture work on that basis - method-driven rather than intuition-driven&nbsp;</li> <li>Strong command of at least one technology ecosystem plus working knowledge of a second, enough to justify a framework choice for the solution in front of you rather than the one you know best.</li> <li>Hands-on architecture experience with more than one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP). Associate-level certification is useful evidence; hands-on depth is what we assess.&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience building scalable microservice-based architecture and strong knowledge of integration patterns.</li> <li>Practical AI proficiency. You use AI tools daily in your own work and can lift others to the same level: improving team workflows, integrating AI into the delivery lifecycle, choosing and rolling out tooling, and setting sensible guardrails for its use.</li> <li>Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. You can present technical detail to a non-technical audience.</li> <li>English: Upper-Intermediate/Advanced .</li> </ul> Desirable Certifications: <ul> <li>SEI Software Architecture Professional</li> <li>TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture certification</li> <li>Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert)</li> <li>Domain-specific expertise in areas such as data platforms, security, or enterprise integration is a plus</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion">We offer*: <ul> <li>Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible</li> <li>A competitive salary and good compensation package</li> <li>Personalized career growth</li> <li>Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)</li> <li>Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing</li> <li>Education reimbursement</li> <li>Memorable anniversary presents</li> <li>Corporate events and team buildings</li> <li>Other location-specific benefits</li> </ul> *not applicable for freelancers</div>