Solutions Architect

The Solutions Architect at Coalition Technologies is a senior development role focused on defining, planning, and executing web design and development projects. This role involves close collaboration with our sales and strategy teams, project managers, designers, and developers. Key responsibilities may also include front-end or back-end development for high-value or complex projects. The Solutions Architect reports directly to the Director of Design and Development and the President.

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY:

Coalition Technologies is dedicated to delivering the highest quality work for clients while providing our team a fun, thriving, and innovative environment. Along with the opportunity for tremendous career growth and rapid advancement, CT offers:

• The most competitive profit-sharing bonus plan in the industry, paying up to 50% of company profits to full-time employees each month!
• A highly competitive Paid Time Off plan, promoting quality work-life balance.
• Subsidized gym memberships to help team members feel their best.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance packages for all US-based team members.
• International Health Insurance Reimbursement Program for all international team members, a benefit unique to Coalition.
• Device upgrade and learning reimbursement programs.
• Motivating career development plans with clearly defined goals and rewards.
• Additional job-specific incentives and bonuses.

Plus, 100% of our team works remotely with the support of time tracking software. Our company culture specializes in supporting remote team members, and we’ve been doing so for more than a decade. CT welcomes your application, wherever in the world it's coming from!

YOUR DUTIES AND TASKS:

• Educating prospects on various platform solutions (e.g., BigCommerce, Shopify, Magento, WordPress) by providing a consultative, best practices approach, including analysis and analytics to match business and technical requirements.
• Conducting needs analysis and technical scoping sessions with prospective customers to gather and document key requirements.
• Providing pre-sales technical consulting to the Sales staff through online demonstrations, conference calls, and site visits with project managers.
• Documenting prospective client needs and project requirements.
• Becoming a trusted advisor and the voice of the sales and marketing teams to prospects and partners.
• Working closely with the sales team to respond to proposals and RFPs, ensuring all technical information and recommendations address client requirements.
• Collaborating with third-party partners or solutions to develop custom solutions when necessary to meet prospect needs.
• Helping create thought leadership content, white papers, and other sales or marketing collateral that highlights our agency capabilities for partners, prospects, and clients.
• Developing new processes and practices to ensure our teams operate as industry leaders in their respective fields.
• Keeping up to date with the latest features, capabilities, and applications released by different platforms to provide the best guidance to clients.
• Leading internal project planning and development of recurring solutions for frequent client needs (e.g., web application development for frequently requested e-commerce merchant features).
• Supporting design and project management team members during project discovery to anticipate UX best practices and scopes of work for future project phases.
• Providing emergency development support for key Coalition clients and major accounts.

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

• 4-5+ years of Solutions Engineering experience in a relevant market or a similar senior-level development position.
• Strong knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
• Experience with various e-commerce and CMS platforms such as BigCommerce, Shopify, Magento, and WordPress.
• Experienced in solution architecture, project scoping, and product demonstration skills.
• Comfort with consultative presentations to C-level business executives, as well as detailed, in-depth discussions with a technical audience.
• Experience with commerce solutions and applications including POS, product catalogs, order management, ERP, and payment gateways.
• Sales methodology and solution selling training is a plus.
• A charismatic and energetic self-starting personality.
• Ability to collaborate with and motivate multiple groups toward accomplishing a task.
• Strong verbal, presentation, written, and organizational skills with a passion for winning.

For California, New York, Washington, and Colorado residents, the starting base pay for this position ranges between $22.50 - $35 per hour. Compensation may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills test performance, geographic location, and the seniority of the position offered. Compensation outside these states may fall outside the specified ranges.