Senior Technical Solutions Architect at Unanet

Our Professional Services team is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect (Technical) to lead high-visibility, high-complexity technical implementations for our customers. As a Senior Solutions Architect, you will leverage your in-depth experience in system architecture, API integrations, and enterprise data ecosystems to design and deliver scalable, high-performance technical solutions. You will be responsible for driving expert-level impact in technical architecture, integration patterns, and platform strategy for Unanet’s existing and future customers alike. What You’ll Do • Provide technical expertise in the pre-sales process by offering architectural guidance, assessing integration feasibility, and identifying solution approaches across multiple product lines and third-party systems. • Learn and analyze customers’ technical architecture, system landscape, and integration requirements, serving as a subject matter expert in designing scalable, high-performance technical solutions, including APIs, data integrations, and middleware platforms. • Translate business and technical requirements into technical architecture specifications, integration patterns, API designs, and implementation standards. • Provide technical oversight and execution from discovery through architecture design, ensuring large-scale implementations are built on sound technical foundations. • Offer ongoing technical support and guidance during deployment phases, including integration testing, performance optimization, and production cutover. • Analyze and manage complex technical escalations related to integrations, performance, data synchronization, and system architecture, coordinating the right internal resources to resolve issues and protect customer relationships. • Design and implement custom integrations, APIs, data pipelines, and technical solutions to meet specific customer needs. • Analyze and drive opportunities to expand technical capabilities, accelerate integration adoption, and leverage Unanet’s platform extensibility. • Participate in technical planning and proactively manage executive-level customer, partner, and stakeholder relationships on architecture and integration strategy. • Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other members of the implementation team on architecture patterns, integration best practices, and technical problem-solving. • Build and maintain common libraries, patterns, and reusable designs that can be leveraged across multiple projects and technical resources, increasing consistency and delivery speed. Your First 90 Days In your first 30 days, you will: • Attend New Hire Orientation and meet key team members across Professional Services and other departments. • Review Unanet feature and architecture content, with a targeted focus on understanding our APIs, data model, and integration patterns across core product areas. • Complete the first four (4) weeks of your onboarding plan, including topic-based product, process, technical, and practice training alongside hands-on learning opportunities. • Begin working with your technical mentor, shadowing implementation and architecture calls and actively participating in Q&A sessions. • Prepare for and participate in weekly 1:1 sessions with your manager to align on expectations, priorities, and progress. • Start building internal relationships within your immediate team and the broader Professional Services and Product/Engineering organizations. In your first 60 days, you will: • Continue to shadow technical implementations and integration-focused engagements while progressing through your defined 12-week onboarding plan. • Attend available training sessions and webinars to deepen your product, domain, and technical integration expertise. • Partner with your manager and mentor to define a plan for your first features, integrations, or architecture workstreams to begin leading in implementations. • Attain assigned LMS certifications, demonstrating competency across core Unanet practice and technical areas. In your first 90 days, you will: • Continue to shadow engagements as needed while working through the defined training plan to close remaining knowledge gaps. • Lead all or selected portions of client implementations, taking ownership of discovery, technical solution design, and integration workstreams as appropriate. • Achieve an initial 30% billable utilization target, demonstrating your ability to contribute meaningfully to customer projects and technical outcomes. Who You Are • 5+ years’ experience in multi-phase, custom software integration projects, ideally in complex, enterprise environments. • 5+ years’ development experience or experience leading developers, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality technical solutions. • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). • Broad technical architecture experience, including expertise relevant across the Unanet product portfolio: • REST API integration and authentication • Database design and SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server) • Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) • Integration patterns (ETL/ELT, middleware, event-driven architectures) • Programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C#, or similar) • DevOps practices (CI/CD, version control, containerization) • Proficient in Python, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, and Git. • In-depth knowledge of technical implementation methodologies (e.g., Agile/Scrum, DevOps, CI/CD, API integration patterns, system architecture patterns, and database design). • Broad product and industry experience, including product or technical expertise relevant across Unanet’s portfolio (e.g., ERP, CRM, PSA SaaS products) and customer industries (e.g., GovCon, Architecture, Engineering, Construction). • Proven ability to communicate effectively and partner with clients, partners, and colleagues at all levels, including executives. • Ability to craft and articulate strategic technical solutions that align technology with business goals. • Strong professional creativity and problem-solving abilities, particularly in complex integration and architecture scenarios. • Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with experience managing multiple workstreams or projects in parallel. • Ability to travel as needed to support customer engagements, team collaboration, and key events. Your Differentiators • Demonstrated ability to design and implement scalable, supportable integration architectures spanning APIs, data pipelines, and middleware platforms. • Strong ability to positively influence technical and business decision makers, guiding them toward best-practice architectures and patterns. • Familiarity with modern data and AI tooling (e.g., Python, SQL, vector databases, embeddings, orchestration frameworks) and how they fit into scalable, supportable customer solutions. • Knowledge of AI-assisted development practices, including structured prompt engineering, creation of technical knowledge bases, and development of documentation frameworks that maximize AI tool effectiveness and enable sustainable productivity gains across development teams. • A track record of building reusable libraries, frameworks, and patterns that accelerate delivery and improve quality across multiple projects. Our Values • We are a Team. Employees, customers, and partners working together. • We are Customer-Focused. Customers are the heart of everything we do. • We are Driven. Seeking exceptional outcomes. • We Own our Success. Every employee has a stake in our company. • We do the right thing and have fun in the process. The salary range for this opportunity is $136,000 - $160,000 per year. You will be eligible for employee equity as well as discretionary bonus compensation, subject to plans that may be in effect from time to time. You will further be eligible to participate in Unanet's employee benefits plans and programs. For more details on Unanet's benefits offerings, please visit [Upgrade to PRO to see link] Unanet is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered for positions without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.