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Principal Solutions Architect
Location
United States
Posted
34 days ago
Salary
$143.9K - $176.1K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Solutions Architect
Code for America
• Lead technical advisement, implementation, migration, and integration projects for government safety net services. • Assist in project planning and drafting statements of work and technical requirements. • Build and integrate AI-powered solutions—including LLMs, agentic orchestration, RAG—ensuring they are mitigate biases and remain to the people they serve. • Implement proof-of-concept applications, software installations, and custom development projects. • Ability to think in "primitives" and "capabilities," preferring modular, reusable frameworks over bespoke scripts. • Design and implement flexible solutions to challenges involving data quality, normalization and spread. • Work closely with cross-functional government partners to clarify problems and understand system constraints, and offer feasible and high-value technical solutions that consider the needs of all stakeholders. • Provide technical perspectives and expertise in service of improved government services for government agencies, organizational stakeholders, and other key audiences. • Evaluate the technical landscape and partner capacity for prospective new state engagements, drafting assessments and recommendations. • Assist in documenting and communicating technical best practices and in the framing of government RFPs. • Estimate project scope and rough project plans for government initiatives. • Assist in project planning and drafting statements of work: work closely with clients to build out detailed technical requirement and specification documents. • Build and maintain relationships and develop technical champions within government and partner organizations. • Participate in calls with government partners and provide written resources to communicate complex technical concepts.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or Solutions Architect with experience leading projects and interacting with customers.
- 4+ years of experience coding backend systems and data infrastructure in an industry-standard language (Python, Java, C#, Ruby, etc).
- 2+ years of experience in applying or integrating emerging technologies (e.g., generative AI models) into existing workflows or new solutions.
- Ability to engage in research to learn about current systems and architecture, and then incorporate this knowledge to design new solutions and new architectures.
- Ability to identify modular, reusable solutions, thinking in primitives and capabilities rather than one-off scripts.
- Strong self management skills and a proven ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously.
- Fundamentally curious and empathetic; able to thoughtfully balance partner, user, and team needs and identify solutions that move the work forward towards greater impact.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
- Tenacity and adaptability; able to navigate relationships, ambiguity, and technical challenges and unblock yourself and your team.
- Passion for our mission of making government services better for people who need them most.
- Fast learning curve and capacity to get up to speed in new tech stacks whenever needed.
Benefits
- Leadership and teammates who share a strong work ethic and values, and who respect and care for one another
- A collaborative, cross-functional, hardworking, and joyful environment
- Laptop provided
- A one-time $700 payment for remote environment setup; $200 stipend (in first paycheck) and up to $500 reimbursement, in accordance with our equipment policy
- Cell phone and/or internet reimbursement of $50 per month
- $500 annual (per calendar year) stipend towards professional development; prorated at time of hire
- Up to $500 of professional development funds can be rolled over each year, up to a maximum of $1000
- Training / guidance for staff required to utilize AI as part of their role, plus opportunities for employees to gain AI-related skills to support job and career growth
- Employees receive a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.
- Employees with 3+ years of service receive an additional 50% match on contributions between 3% and 5%, for a maximum employer contribution of 5%
- At least one no cost health insurance option for full-time employees for employee-only coverage
- A minimum of 80% of the cost of dependent coverage
- Code for America employees may work remotely across the US
- Code for America employees main residence must be within the US
- Full-time employees work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
- Collaborative working hours: we aim to hold all internal meetings between 10 AM - 3 PM PT. We expect all Code for America staff to be available during these set working hours
- Open personal time off (subject to manager approval), a minimum of 14 paid holidays, and an org-wide closure from Christmas Day through New Year's Day
- Paid sick time; up to 96 hours annually
- 17 weeks of paid parental and family leave
- 3 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
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