Solution Architect (Forward Deployed Engineer)

Posted:
8/27/2024, 2:18:32 PM

Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ Mountain View, California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Job Overview

The Solution Architecture team is responsible for ensuring that enterprises succeed in building scalable production applications with the Contextual.ai platform. You will guide, support, and implement solutions for customers, helping them maximize the value and adoption of our platform to address their complex business challenges.

We are seeking a technically savvy, business-minded, and customer-focused Solutions Architect to partner with our platform customers. You will guide them through application ideation, development, delivery, and scaling to accelerate and maximize the value of what they build with our platform. You’ll have the opportunity to work on the most novel and creative use cases being developed on the Contextual.ai platform. This role involves close collaboration with the Engineering, Research, and Product teams, serving as a critical partner in collecting and delivering high-fidelity feedback from our customers.

What you’ll do:

    •    Partner with our platform customers as their technical thought partner in ideating and building novel applications on our API.
    •    Experiment with and implement scalable solutions for your customers.
    •    Build and maintain relationships with customer stakeholders to ensure successful application deployment and scaling.
    •    Scale the Solutions Architect function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, and publishing notebooks to our repositories.
    •    Validate, synthesize, and deliver feedback to the Product and Research teams.

What we’re seeking:

    •    M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
    •    5+ years of experience in technical consulting, solution architecture, or an equivalent role.
    •    Proficiency in Python and JavaScript.
    •    Experience building SaaS prototypes using GCP, AWS, or Azure, with a technical cloud certification.
    •    Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and programs with multiple stakeholders.
    •    Expertise in designing, implementing, and delivering AI and Deep Learning solutions, with a strong understanding of AI/ML Ops-related technologies.
    •    Ability to proactively identify opportunities to maximize customers’ business value through AI and ML systems.
    •    Ownership mentality with a willingness to acquire any necessary knowledge to get the job done, coupled with a humble, student-like attitude.
    •    Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with rapidly changing requirements.
    •    Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations and distributed teams.

Location: Mountain View, CA

Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $140,000 - $300,000 + equity + benefits (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Equal Opportunity

Contextual AI is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.