Senior Solutions Architect

Summary

Join VGS, a global leader in payment tokenization, as a Solutions Architect or Sr. Solution Architect. You will be a technical implementation expert, owning all technical aspects of sales and implementation design. Responsibilities include communicating product features, developing technical demos, conducting customer requirement assessments, designing VGS solutions, and working with developers on proof-of-concepts. You will also lead technical responses for RFIs/RFPs, represent VGS at trade shows, and provide product feedback. This role requires significant customer-facing experience as a software engineer, solutions architect, or sales engineer in a data, security, or SaaS product company, along with expertise in payments systems and various technologies. VGS offers a competitive compensation package and a remote-first work environment.

Requirements

• Sr. Solution Architect requires a minimum of 8 years of customer-facing experience as a software engineer, solutions architect, or sales engineer in a data, security or SaaS product company
• Solution Architect requires a minimum of 3 years of customer-facing experience as a software engineer, solutions architect, or sales engineer in a data, security or SaaS product company
• Consulting on payments system implementation best practices is a MUST
• Experienced in web services, APIs, full-stack development and able to understand how a wide variety of technologies and systems interact with each other
• Is comfortable writing production-ready code on top of VGS’s primary deployment languages - Python, JavaScript, Java, or Ruby
• Great communicator, comfortable explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal, negotiation and prioritization skills

Responsibilities

• Own all the technical aspects of the sale and implementation design
• Communicate product features and benefits in pre and post sales situations to potential customers
• Develop and present branded, custom technical demos that showcase specific features that show how VGS can help prospective customers meet their business objectives
• Conduct assessments of customer's requirements and define and architect VGS solutions to meet the needs of their business
• Design solution built on VGS capabilities to meet prospect business and technical requirements
• Work with prospective customer developers to implement proof-of-concepts integrating VGS and third-party components
• Lead technical responses for RFI’s and RFP’s
• Represent VGS at industry-specific trade shows acting as the technical voice of the company
• Effectively channel product feedback and enhancement requests to Product Manager and Engineering stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical certifications such as CISSP or AWS Solutions Architect is preferred
• Sales experience is preferred
• Understanding and experience working in payments ecosystem is preferred

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and flexible PTO
• Competitive health benefits
• VGS stock options
• 401k plan, with employer matching 4% and immediate vesting (available only for US employees)
• Life & disability insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts, dependent and healthcare FSA (available only for US employees)
• Global parental leave program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Home Internet reimbursement
• New hire home office set up allowance
• Professional learning reimbursement