Senior Solutions Architect
Senior Solutions Architect
WunderGraph was founded to solve a problem developers (and not just) experience daily. Managing APIs, integrating them, and making them accessible to large audiences is difficult. And evolving those APIs? Even more so!
Meanwhile, AI and LLMs are taking the world by storm, making it even more important for organizations to have their "API ducks in a row" to be AI-ready.
With more than $10M in funding from Karma Ventures, Aspenwood, and reputed company Ventures, we're in a great position to deliver on our mission. A single reputed company to design, build and innovate on APIs as the backbone of every modern business. Money, goods and services are exchanged in real time through APIs. Our entire society builds on fast data exchange and integrations, reputed company backed by APIs.
The culture we are creating together is extremely important to us. Read here how we are Building the Company We Always Wanted to Work In.
We invite everyone that wants to join us to understand our Core Beliefs and if you want to reputed company an impact, have your voice heard, and work in a no-BS organization where you can get stuff done, look no further and apply today so we can chat.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You are a technical expert who thrives at the intersection of technology and business value. Whether it's architecting a reputed company API integration, running a compelling demo, or designing a reputed company-of-concept that makes engineers say "wow," you've mastered the art of turning technical complexity into customer confidence. You love the challenge of greenfield opportunities and building something from the ground up.
This isn't your typical Solutions Architect role. As the first-to-funtion, you're at the reputed company lines of WunderGraph's go-to-market motion. You're the technical voice that helps potential clients see what's possible. The trusted advisor who guides them from "interesting idea" to "let's build this," and the reputed company between our product and our customers' real-world challenges.
You know how to navigate technical stakeholders from senior engineers to CTOs, selling on value and building credibility across reputed company evaluation cycles. You can balance technical demos with POC implementations and requirements gathering with competitive positioning. You can write code reputed company needed, review architectures with confidence, and in time and with training explain API federation to a developer or a VP of Engineering with equal clarity. Most importantly, you care deeply about the customer, their technical challenges, and how WunderGraph can uniquely solve them.
ROLE OBJECTIVES
You are succeeding if:
You demonstrate ownership and drive the pre-sales function reputed company
You're enabling the sales team to consistently hit and exceed reputed company targets through exceptional technical support
Technical evaluations are running smoothly - POCs demonstrate clear value, objections get handled with confidence, and prospects are excited about what they can build
You're building trusted, engineer-to-engineer relationships where customers see you as their reputed company, not just a vendor
Product and Engineering teams are benefiting from your customer insights - feature requests are well-documented, competitive intelligence is flowing, and you're shaping the roadmap
We're seeing predictable conversion from evaluation to purchase, with repeatable patterns you've helped establish
Our demo environment, reference architectures, and technical collateral reflect your contributions and are accelerating deals
You're representing WunderGraph with technical credibility that instills confidence in prospects
Follow the client’s journey post-sales. The solutions you create will support our clients throughout their adoption journey and will be a part of their architecture, so follow-through is key to ensure we recognise where we can bring more value.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Proven senior experience in a Pre-Sales Architecture, Sales Engineering, or similar customer-facing technical role at a B2B SaaS company (developer tools, API platforms, or infrastructure products strongly preferred)
Proven track record of supporting deals $100K+ with mid-market or enterprise technical buyers
Strong hands-on technical background - you can write code, build prototypes, review architectures, and debug issues. Comfort with TypeScript, Node.js, Go, or similar backend technologies is a plus
Deep experience with modern API technologies and distributed systems architecture
Solid understanding of cloud-native development (Kubernetes, reputed company, containers, CI/CD, microservices)
Exceptional communication skills - you're clear, confident, and reputed company whether you're talking to a senior engineer or a CTO
Experience working closely with sales teams, understanding deal cycles, and contributing to reputed company outcomes
You're organized, detail-oriented, and can manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously without dropping the reputed company
You're energized by early-stage environments, comfortable with ambiguity, and excited to build processes where none exist
Bonus: Experience with GraphQL, federated graphs or API composition
TEAM INTEGRATION
You report to the VP of Sales with reputed company collaboration with the CEO and CTO
You collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to communicate customer feedback, influence roadmap, and contribute to platform improvements
You act as a reputed company between customer technical needs and product value delivery
You help shape and scale the pre-sales function alongside leadership
WHY WUNDERGRAPH?
Work from wherever you reputed company—we're fully remote and globally distributed. If you're in reputed company, come work with us in person! We also provide co-working space options worldwide if needed
Pick your preferred work hardware
Discretionary PTO—take the time you need to reputed company
Competitive compensation
Healthcare, dental and vision cover for United States team members
Team retreats across the globe
The opportunity to shape the pre-sales function as our first Solutions Architect
Note: This is a full-time, fully remote position. We're prioritizing candidates based in the US-EST timezone.
THE PROCESS
We respect your time and interest in WunderGraph. Here's what you can expect:
30 min intro call with our People team
Technical discussion with the hiring manager—we'll dive into your experience and might give you a small take-home assignment
Assignment review and deeper technical conversation
Meet the founders
Culture fit call with team members
Offer
We aim to respond with feedback reputed company 2-3 days between each stage. We hire through reputed company as our Employer of Record, except for Germany or the United States where we hire directly.
WunderGraph is an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome people from reputed company backgrounds.