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 position 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 Join Our Team?

Coalition Technologies is dedicated to delivering exceptional work to clients while fostering a fun, thriving, and innovative environment for our team. Beyond significant career growth and rapid advancement opportunities, CT provides:

• The industry's most competitive profit-sharing bonus plan, distributing up to 50% of company profits to full-time employees monthly.
• A highly competitive Paid Time Off plan, promoting excellent work-life balance.
• Subsidized gym memberships to support team member well-being.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance packages for all US-based team members.
• An International Health Insurance Reimbursement Program for all international team members, a unique Coalition benefit.
• Device upgrade and learning reimbursement programs.
• Motivating career development plans with clear goals and rewards.
• Additional job-specific incentives and bonuses.

Furthermore, our entire team operates remotely, supported by time tracking software. Our company culture is specifically designed to support remote team members, a practice we've successfully maintained for over a decade. CT welcomes applications from anywhere in the world!

Key Responsibilities

• Educate prospects on various platform solutions (e.g., BigCommerce, Shopify, Magento, WordPress) by providing a consultative, best practices approach, including analysis and analytics to align with prospect business and technical requirements.
• Conduct needs analysis and technical scoping sessions with prospective customers to gather and document key requirements.
• Provide pre-sales technical consulting to the Sales staff through online demonstrations, conference calls, and site visits with project managers.
• Document prospective client needs and project requirements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and the voice of the sales and marketing teams to prospects and partners.
• Collaborate closely with the sales team to respond to proposals and RFPs, ensuring all technical information and recommendations address client requirements.
• Work with third-party partners or solutions as necessary to develop custom solutions that meet prospect needs.
• Contribute to creating thought leadership content, white papers, and other sales or marketing collateral highlighting our agency capabilities for partners, prospects, and clients.
• Develop new processes and practices to ensure our teams operate as industry leaders in their respective fields.
• Stay current with the latest features, capabilities, and applications released by different platforms to provide optimal guidance to clients.
• Lead internal project planning and development of recurring solutions for frequent client needs (e.g., web application development for common e-commerce merchant features).
• Support design and project management team members during project discovery to ensure UX best practices and scopes of work are anticipated for future project phases.
• Provide emergency development support for key Coalition clients and major accounts.

Required Skills & Experience

• 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.
• Proficiency 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 technical audiences.
• 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 tasks.
• Strong verbal, presentation, written, and organizational skills with a passion for success.

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. For locations outside of California, New York, Washington, and Colorado, compensation may fall outside these ranges.