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Solutions Architect, Financial Services
Location
United States
Posted
39 days ago
Salary
$90.3K - $193.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Solutions Architect, Financial Services
GitLab
• Lead technical discovery, demos, and validation (including proofs of value) to show how GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps platform addresses the technical, regulatory, and business needs of commercial financial services customers across the full software lifecycle. • Drive the technical evaluation process as the Directly Responsible Individual, including solution design, POC/POV ownership, workshop design, and support for the technical components of tenders, audits, and value stream assessments. • Collaborate with Account Executives and regional sales teams across North American time zones to shape and execute account strategies that support new customer acquisition and expansion within financial services. • Build and deepen relationships with technical practitioners and business stakeholders at financial services organizations, guiding them through GitLab-driven digital transformation and enabling them to become GitLab advocates. • Advise customers on modern software development, continuous integration, continuous deployment, security, and cloud practices in the context of financial services risk, governance, and compliance expectations. • Serve as the voice of commercial financial services customers with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing by sharing feedback, use cases, and competitive insights that inform roadmap, positioning, and industry-focused solutions. • Maintain and extend your expertise in GitLab, DevSecOps, AI, and related cloud technologies, creating reusable examples, best practice guidance, and technical collateral tailored to financial services customers and partners. • Invest in your own growth and development through ongoing learning, mentorship, and knowledge sharing to continuously improve the impact of the Solutions Architect team supporting financial services.
Job Requirements
- Experience working with customers in technical pre-sales, consulting, or similar roles, guiding organizations through solution design and evaluation
- Proficiency with the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including modern DevSecOps practices and continuous integration and continuous deployment workflows
- Hands-on experience with GitLab or comparable source control, CI/CD, and collaboration platforms, with the ability to map platform capabilities to financial services use cases and constraints
- Practical knowledge of cloud computing concepts and related technologies, with the ability to discuss deployment, security, and operations options with technical teams
- Ability to lead technical evaluations such as proofs of concept or proofs of value, contribute to tenders or audits, and design and run workshops or value stream assessments for commercial accounts
- Clear technical communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt messages for practitioners through to senior business and technical decision makers across North American time zones
- Skill in building trusted relationships, listening with empathy, and acting as a customer advocate to internal teams such as Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing
- Motivation to continuously develop professionally, including learning new technologies, deepening GitLab platform expertise, and applying transferable experience from related fields and industries
Benefits
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office support
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