Senior Solutions Architect

K2 Space

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related STEM field, or 8+ years of relevant experience.
  • 3+ years in a customer-facing role with a focus on technical project leadership.
  • 5+ years leading complex implementations for ERP or CRM systems, specifically with platforms like MS Dynamics 365 or Odoo.
  • Familiarity with enterprise resource systems, supply chain management, financial management, payment processing technologies, and analytics platforms.
  • Experience with distributed architecture, AWS cloud architecture, and API technologies (RESTful or gRPC).

Responsibilities

  • Conduct technical discovery sessions with internal customers to pinpoint requirements and implementation risks.
  • Translate complex financial and business challenges into actionable implementation roadmaps for commercial products.
  • Collaborate with third-party vendors on product implementation and optimal configuration while ensuring alignment with K2 Space priorities.
  • Hold vendors to schedules and budgets, escalating issues as necessary and course-correcting as needed.
  • Lead validation and user acceptance testing to address data issues and ensure solutions meet performance metrics.
  • Communicate complex concepts to both technical and operational stakeholders effectively.
  • Manage complex, multi-threaded projects while tracking progress against established goals.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and healthcare coverage.
  • Provide life insurance and paid parental leave.
  • Opportunities for equity in the company.
  • Encouragement to apply even if the candidate does not meet all preferred qualifications.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Conduct technical and operational discovery with internal customers to define requirements, dependencies, and implementation risks.
  • Translate financial and business problems into implementation roadmaps for commercial products.
  • Work with third-party vendors to implement commercial products and ensure optimal configuration of COTS platforms; oversee vendor relationships and maintain alignment with K2 Space priorities.
  • Hold vendors accountable to schedules and budgets, knowing when to escalate and when to course-correct.
  • Lead data validation and UAT efforts: identifying root causes, resolving data mismatches, transformation issues, and load failures. As well as confirming solutions perform across data quality, access, functionality, and performance dimensions.
  • Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and operational stakeholders spanning networking, security, deployment, user authentication, and system design.
  • Manage multi-threaded, complex projects and succinctly convey progress against goals and milestones.
  • Execute system upgrades, patches, and change management processes with minimal disruption to operations.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer to internal stakeholders across engineering, finance, sales, and product.
  • Operate independently on ambiguous projects while balancing multiple concurrent workstreams, making sound tradeoff decisions grounded in core technical concepts.
  • Apply AI and emerging technologies to accelerate analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, and execution (with strong judgment and attention to accuracy).
  • Document and maintain technical artifacts including system architecture diagrams and user guides.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a STEM discipline, or 8+ years of professional experience in a related technical role.
  • 3+ years in an internal customer-facing role driving technical project leadership.
  • 5+ years leading complex enterprise platform implementations for ERP or CRM systems (MS Dynamics 365, Odoo, or comparable modern platforms).
  • Experience with one or more of the following: enterprise resource systems, supply chain systems, financial management and reporting, payment processing technologies, analytics platforms, or CRM systems.
  • Experience with distributed architecture, AWS cloud architecture, and API (RESTful or gRPC).

Nice to Have
  • Experience with financial processes and financial domain knowledge.
  • Experience writing complex SQL queries and working with structured data.
  • Experience with C# and API integrations.
  • Proficiency with relational databases such as MSSQL or PostgreSQL.
  • Track record of leading outcomes-focused conversations with internal business stakeholders.
  • Experience translating business requirements into clear technical specs for cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment and navigating ambiguity.

Compensation and Benefits:
  • Base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company
  • Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/ coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks


If you don't meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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