Senior Application Architect
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Conduct technical and operational discovery with internal customers to define requirements, dependencies, and implementation risks. Translate financial and business problems into implementation roadmaps for commercial products while working with third-party vendors to implement commercial products and ensure optimal configuration of COTS platforms. Lead data validation and UAT efforts, identifying root causes, resolving data mismatches, and confirming solutions perform across data quality, access, functionality, and performance dimensions. Execute system upgrades, patches, and change management processes with minimal disruption to operations while serving as the voice of the customer to internal stakeholders across engineering, finance, sales, and product. Operate independently on ambiguous projects, balancing multiple concurrent workstreams and making sound tradeoff decisions grounded in core technical concepts. Apply AI and emerging technologies to accelerate analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, and execution. Document and maintain technical artifacts including system architecture diagrams and user guides.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a STEM discipline, or 10+ years of professional experience in a related technical role
- 8+ years architecting systems with distributed cloud architecture
- in-depth knowledge of integration for modern API (RESTful or gRPC)
- 4+ years leading complex enterprise platform implementations for ERP or CRM systems
- 3+ years in an internal customer-facing role driving technical project leadership
- Experience with one or more of the following: enterprise resource systems, supply chain systems, financial management and reporting, payment processing technologies, analytics platforms, or CRM systems
- Experience with financial processes and financial domain knowledge
- Experience writing complex SQL queries and working with structured data
- Experience with C# and API integrations
- Proficiency with relational databases such as MSSQL or PostgreSQL
- Track record of leading outcomes-focused conversations with internal business stakeholders
- Experience translating business requirements into clear technical specs for cross-functional engineering teams
- Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment and navigating ambiguity
- Must be a 'U.S. person' as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license
Desired Qualifications
- AWS preferred but open to Azure, GCP
- MS Dynamics 365, Odoo, or comparable modern platforms
- Experience with financial processes and financial domain knowledge
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