Senior Solutions Architect

<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)&nbsp;</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Upsun is the cloud application platform humans and robots love. It is built for today’s hybrid teams, where AI agents write and test code and humans focus on solving the problems that really matter. Developers, DevOps engineers, and platform teams use Upsun to build, ship, and scale confidently without wrestling with backend infrastructure. We give you your time back. You get:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Predictable performance, even at scale </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Secure, compliant environments by default&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Real-time observability and profiling built in </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cloning, configuration, and provisioning in seconds&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AI-ready features that plug directly into your stack </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The name says it all. "Up" means uptime, reliability, and acceleration. "Sun" reflects our follow-the-sun-support, a 24x7, globally distributed support team keeping the lights on while you rest. Our core belief is that software should power brighter solutions and greater innovation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Upsunners are a remote, global workforce, and we thrive in a multicultural team. We are committed to open source and an open, welcoming environment. Our team spans the globe and the experience spectrum. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What's our commonality, our cultural fabric? A curious spirit and a thirst for knowledge; an eagerness for innovative ideas and cultures. We believe we can build anything together in an environment that frees you to do your best work. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our values:&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">🌿 We make a positive impact.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">✨ We aim for the stars.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">💚 We care for each other.&nbsp;</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Impact of a Senior Solutions Architect</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As our Senior Solutions Architect, you will spearhead the go-to-market launch of our new AI-native software development platform. This is a "zero-to-one" role where you will be one of the first faces of the product, bringing deep technical expertise to our initial design partners and translating their feedback into a roadmap for our product and engineering teams.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will partner in a tight-knit GTM squad, ensuring our technical positioning is sharp and our proofs-of-value are undeniable. By leading technical discovery and solution design, you’ll turn early interest into production-grade adoption. Your work will set the foundations; from demo environments to sales playbooks that the broader Customer Solutions and Sales teams will inherit as we scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your deep fluency in modern, agentic engineering workflows and cloud architectures allows you to act as a credible peer to engineering leaders and senior developers. You thrive in the ambiguity of an early-stage launch, balancing high-level strategy with the hands-on execution required to debug an integration or build a compelling technical narrative. Your impact will define how software teams collaborate with AI to ship the next generation of applications.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What to expect</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Win Early Customers: </strong>Own the technical relationship with design partners and prospects. Lead discovery and solution design to turn interest into long-term adoption.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Drive the Market Feedback Loop: </strong>Serve as the bridge to Product and Engineering by synthesizing customer signals and workflow gaps to drive the product’s evolution.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Pressure-Test GTM Motion: </strong>Partner with Sales to develop the playbook, defining positioning, demo narratives, qualification criteria, and competitive framing based on real-world conversations.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Scale the Technical Foundation: </strong>Build and maintain demo environments, reference architectures, integration prototypes, and sample code that showcase the product’s credibility.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Technical Leadership: </strong>Act as a peer to senior engineering leaders and executives, delivering tailored technical workshops and briefings alongside handling complex architectural questions, security objections, and RFP-style technical requirements.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Knowledge Transfer: </strong>As the product matures, hand off processes and assets to the broader organization, ensuring the next wave of SEs can ramp quickly.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What you bring</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Foundational Solutions Engineering: </strong>7+ years of experience in solutions engineering or architecture at a developer tools, platform, or infrastructure company, with a track record of co-owning revenue.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Hands-on Technical Depth: </strong>Comfortable writing code and scripting to stand up integrations. You have solid fluency in cloud infrastructure, containerization, and CI/CD.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>AI-Native Expertise:</strong> A deep understanding of how AI is reshaping the SDLC. You have hands-on experience building with AI agents and can speak credibly about prompt optimization and agentic workflows.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Pioneer Mindset:</strong> Comfort with ambiguity and the proactivity to create clarity in undefined situations. You are a self-starter who drives outcomes without a pre-existing playbook.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Compelling Storytelling: </strong>Exceptional demo and communication skills; you can take a nascent feature and turn it into a compelling business outcome for a technical audience.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Advanced Project Management: </strong>Experience juggling multiple high-stakes design partners and internal stakeholders simultaneously.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Advanced Project Management:</strong> A team-first mindset that allows you to operate autonomously while making those around you better through shared insights and cross-functional alignment.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Bonus</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Level 5+ AI Adoption:</strong> You identify as Level 5 or higher on Steve Yegge’s eight levels of AI adoption.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Zero-to-One Experience:</strong> Proven experience launching a completely new product or category from scratch.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Where we hire</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At Upsun, remote work isn't just a trend - it's our foundation. The freedom of remote work with the support of a diverse, global team has been our successful model for over a decade. Our culture celebrates flexibility and collaboration, and while we have team members in over 30 countries around the globe, we are currently focused on hiring for this role in <strong>Canada or the US</strong>.&nbsp;Although we’re unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates who are legally authorized to work in these countries.&nbsp;</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>How we hire</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We know that a great hire won’t meet every requirement that we’ve outlined. If you can see yourself elevating the team, we want to hear your story. Few of us would be here had we not taken a chance.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can expect <strong>4 video interviews</strong> on Google Meet to follow the order below. Should you successfully move through the entire process you will have the opportunity to meet with a variety of Upsunners. Our goal is to ensure you can make the most informed decision on whether this role, and our culture aligns with what you’re looking for in your future working environment.&nbsp;</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">45 Minutes with Talent Acquisition&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">60 Minutes with Hiring Manager (Sr. Director, Customer Solutions)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">60 Minutes with Team (Field CTO)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">60 Minutes with Executive (CRO)</span></li> </ol> <p><em style="font-size: 12pt;">All roles require background checks.</em></p> <h1><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What we offer</strong></span></h1> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">💡 <strong>A product you can believe in</strong> - Join us in transforming how businesses build and manage web applications, driven making a positive impact as a proud <strong>B Corp</strong>.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>🏆 An Award-Winning Workplace</strong> - We’ve been recognized by Forbes’ Top 30 Companies for Remote Jobs and France’s Best Workplaces for Women.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">🗣️ <strong>A culture that values your voice </strong>- Join a flexible, open, and inclusive work environment where your voice is encouraged, and your ideas shape our growth and evolution.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">🌎 <strong>A global team </strong>- Collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds across the world, embracing different perspectives</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>🎉 </strong><strong>Benefits and perks</strong> - Make the most of what matters to you</span></p> <blockquote> <p>🏝 Flexible PTO</p> <p>🩺 Comprehensive healthcare coverage (UK, Canada, France, Spain, USA)</p> <p>📈 Company stock options</p> <p>🧠 Professional development budget</p> <p>💻 Office equipment budget</p> <p>💆‍♀️ Wellness budget</p> <p>🧳 Annual team gatherings</p> <p>🛜 Internet reimbursement</p> <p>👶 Inclusive parental leave</p> <p>✈️ Remote work travel program</p> </blockquote> <h1 style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>You belong here</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At Upsun, we celebrate diversity in all its forms and are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and supportive workplace where everyone can thrive. We embrace and value different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences, because they make us stronger as a team. Whoever you are, wherever you're from, and whatever path you've taken, you are welcome here. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, connect with others, and share your passion. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you need accommodations at any stage of our hiring process, please let us know. We're here to ensure an accessible and comfortable experience for you.<br></span></p>