ryd GmbH

Role Description The Solution Architect at ryd is the bridge between ryd's integration platform and the partner's reality. You analyze a partner's system, select and adapt the best integration approach, and draft the architecture that makes the integration work. You collaborate closely with the System Architect to improve ryd's integration approaches based on real-world experience. You are the person who makes integration happen — for a fintech, a fleet SaaS, an ERP, or an automotive OEM. You work closely with partner-facing teams (business development, partner success, product) and engineering teams. Core Responsibilities - Analyze Partner Systems - Conduct technical discovery with partners — understand their tech stack, architecture, APIs, authentication model, data requirements, and constraints. - Map the partner's business goals to technical integration requirements. - Identify potential integration blockers early: incompatible auth models, missing APIs, data format mismatches, latency constraints, compliance issues (GDPR, PCI-DSS). - Document the partner's current state architecture — what they have, what they need, what they can and cannot change. - Recommend Integration Approaches - Select the best fit for the partner from ryd's catalog of integration approaches. - Justify the recommendation with technical reasoning. - Identify gaps and propose adaptations or new approach patterns. - Estimate integration effort, timeline, and risks. - Draft Integration Architecture - Create high-level integration architecture documents: system context diagram, data flow diagram, sequence diagrams for key flows, component mapping. - Define the API contract: request/response schemas, event payloads, error codes, rate limits, idempotency keys. - Specify the authentication and authorization model. - Define the error handling and retry strategy. - Specify non-functional requirements: latency SLAs, throughput, data retention, logging, monitoring. - Create low-level technical design for the integration. - Hands-On Validation (POCs) - Build proof-of-concept integrations to validate the architecture before full development. - Write integration test suites — simulate the partner's system, test the integration end-to-end. - Create sandbox configurations for the partner to test against. - Demonstrate the POC to the partner and to ryd's engineering team. - Hand off the validated architecture to the development team with clear implementation guidance. - Collaborate with the System Architect - Provide structured feedback from every integration. - Identify patterns across integrations. - Suggest improvements to integration approaches based on real-world usage. - Contribute to the integration catalog. - Participate in architecture reviews. - Partner Communication & Stakeholder Management - Present integration architectures to partners' technical teams. - Translate between partner business needs and ryd technical capabilities. - Manage technical expectations. - Support pre-sales activities. - Contribute to partner-facing documentation. Qualifications - 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a solution architecture, technical consulting, or integration engineering role. - Strong analysis and design skills. - Hands-on coding ability (Node.js/TypeScript preferred). - API design expertise (REST, GraphQL, webhooks, event-driven patterns). - Communication and presentation skills. - Stakeholder management experience. - Cloud-native understanding. - Willingness to continually learn AI (Must). - Hands-on, get-things-done attitude. Requirements - Integration experience. - Fintech or payment processing experience. - B2B SaaS experience. - Fleet management or mobility domain knowledge. - Node.js / TypeScript experience. - Experience with Kafka or event-driven architectures. - Experience with multiple integration patterns. - Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and API security patterns. - AI practical experience (Plus). - Confident communication in English. Benefits - This is a remote position with the requirement that you live in Portugal or Germany. - #shapingryd is one of our values — you directly shape how partners experience ryd. - We trust that #bettertogether can only be achieved by you taking ownership from day one. - Permanent employment contract and competitive salary. - Flexible working hours and home office. - Training budget per year for professional development. - Opportunity to work with diverse partners — fintech, fleet SaaS, ERP, automotive, and more.