Principal Solutions Architect

Open Function

Principal Solutions Architect ensuring solution quality and technical strategy across OpenFn's services. Collaborating with teams to automate workflow and public services in government and NGOs.

Posted 4/30/2026contractRemote • 🇰🇪 KenyaLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCloudDockerJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesNode.jsOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own technical architecture across the services portfolio, from pre-contract scoping through delivery
Lead solution design for OpenFn-centered interoperability engagements: integration strategy, data flow architecture, API design patterns, system topology, and deployment approach
Consult directly with government and NGO technical counterparts on OpenFn solution design and associated enterprise architecture strategy
Evaluate proposed use cases to determine whether they are a strong fit for the OpenFn platform; advise on constraints and alternative designs
Set and uphold the technical quality bar across the services portfolio, from solution design through to delivery and deployment
Develop internal standards and guidelines for what good looks like on an OpenFn implementation, and build the review processes that help the whole team work to that standard
Mentor engineers and consultants, helping them develop both JavaScript competence and systems-level integration thinking
Become the organization's deepest practitioner of OpenFn as a solutions tool, understanding what the platform can and cannot do at scale and under real conditions
Build and own a solutions architecture library: a structured knowledge base cataloging how OpenFn maps to different integration patterns, with honest documentation of platform fit and known limits
Serve as the bridge between services and product: translate field learnings and performance constraints into structured product feedback, and bring roadmap awareness back into implementation planning and sales scoping
Define and oversee deployment strategies for government clients hosting OpenFn on local infrastructure, including containerized, cloud, and hybrid environments
Develop deployment standards and runbooks that implementation teams can apply consistently across diverse hosting configurations

Requirements

What you’ll need

10-15+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems integration, or technical implementation leadership
Demonstrated expertise with integration platforms, middleware, or workflow automation tools, and the ability to assess platform fit with confidence; familiarity with platforms such as X-Road, OpenHIM, Kafka, Apache Camel, n8n, MuleSoft, Kong, Boomi, and/or WSO2 is a strong advantage
Strong JavaScript / Node.js proficiency and experience with backend development and API integration patterns
Ability to set and uphold a technical quality bar across a delivery portfolio, and to build the standards and processes that help a whole team work to that bar
Excellent written and verbal English communication, including facilitating technical workshops with government and NGO technical counterparts
Experience in a consulting or professional services context, where technical leadership and client-facing accountability coexist
Ability to operate effectively in lean, distributed teams where judgment matters more than established process
Familiarity with interoperability standards in global health or humanitarian systems, including FHIR/HL7, is a strong advantage
Experience with DevOps practices in low-resource or sovereign-hosting contexts, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and Docker/Kubernetes, is a strong plus
Background working with digital public goods, open source, government digital transformation programs, or NGO technology teams in Africa, Asia, or Latin America is a plus
Working proficiency in French or Spanish is a bonus
Ability to work from home or a shared office space with fast, stable internet, preferably in a country that is located in Africa/Europe time zones

Benefits

Comp & perks

Financial compensation is commensurate with experience.
Flexible working schedule.
We’re fully remote, with team meetups across Europe and Africa (our last three were in Kigali, Cape Town, and Dakar).
Exposure to hottest industry and technology trends and leading health and humanitarian interventions in the sector.
Opportunity for leadership and advancement. You will be a key contributor to our company’s strategy and direction.
The opportunity to shape our strategy and impact millions of lives through our open source software in a small, mission-driven organization.

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Hard Skills & Tools

solution architecturesystems integrationtechnical implementation leadershipJavaScriptNode.jsAPI integration patternsDevOps practicesCI/CDinfrastructure-as-codeDocker

Soft Skills

technical leadershipclient-facing accountabilitywritten communicationverbal communicationfacilitating workshopsjudgmentmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptability