Solutions Architect

About the role

Applaudo Studios is looking for a Solutions Architect to act as a technical leader who turns complex business goals into scalable, executable solutions. The role bridges Engineering, Sales, Design, Operations and client teams, influencing both strategy and execution while accelerating deal velocity, reducing delivery risks and improving client satisfaction. It is a full-time, 100% on-site position based in El Salvador, with about 10% travel.

Key responsibilities

• Work with Commercial, Sales and Operations teams through the pre-sales process to understand client needs and build viable solutions.
• Lead technical discovery workshops and gather business, functional, architectural, infrastructure and security requirements.
• Translate client objectives into scalable architectures, technical approaches and implementation recommendations.
• Develop solution estimates covering effort, team size, costs, dependencies and delivery risks.
• Create architecture diagrams, technical proposals and documentation for handoff to Delivery and Operations.
• Evaluate architectural feasibility with Engineering Leads and Delivery Managers and recommend technologies and cloud platforms.
• Present proposals and feasibility assessments to technical stakeholders and business executives.
• Identify technical constraints and risks before project execution and support commercial teams in explaining technical value.
• Take part in weekly deal reviews, architecture discussions and sales pipeline planning.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years in technical consulting, pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture or technical leadership.
• Hands-on background in Software Engineering, QA, DevOps, Systems Engineering or similar.
• Experience designing and evaluating solutions on AWS, Azure or GCP, and knowledge of web, mobile, microservices and CI/CD architectures.
• Proven experience in technical discovery, requirement gathering, technical estimates and architecture documentation.
• Strong communication skills, including engaging C-level executives and international clients; advanced English (C1/Fluent).
• Availability to work 100% on-site in El Salvador and to travel about 10% of the time.
• Nice to have: cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Agile certifications (Scrum, Kanban).

Required skills

• Software Development Lifecycle, architectural design and SDLC
• Agile, Scrum and Kanban
• Architecture tools such as Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, Notion, HubSpot, Jira or Power BI