Staff Partner Solutions Architect
Referral Jobs (askreferral.io)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🏈 Anywhere in North America
Visit company websiteSalary
💰 $63,300 - $142,400 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
SOAP
About the role
- Deeply embed with our most strategic platform customers, serving as their technical thought partner in ideating and building novel applications on our API.
- Analyse business objectives, needs and requirements (through prospect, customer, partner and Remote lens) and provide technical guidance, and leadership throughout the bespoke integration development process
- Proactively provide guidance to our customers on how to maximize business impact from their applications, accelerating their time to value.
- Experiment and prototype solutions with and for your customers.
- Forge and manage relationships with our customers’ leadership and stakeholders to ensure their application’s successful deployment and scale.
- Scale the Solutions Consulting function through sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, and publishing knowledge to our internal and external repositories.
- Validate, synthesize, and deliver high-signal feedback to the Product and Engineering teams.
- Faster time to first-value and shorter integration cycles for strategic partners
- Broad adoption of shared standards, SDKs, and references across internal teams and partners
- Clear decision records and design artifacts that improve alignment and reuse
- Demonstrated org uplift through mentorship and high‑quality enablement assets
Requirements
- Deep understanding of API architectures, including the ability to evaluate and design integrations using REST and SOAP based on business and technical requirements.
- Strong expertise in real time communication patterns, with the ability to determine when to use Webhooks versus WebSockets for scalable partner integrations.
- Advanced knowledge of modern authentication and authorization frameworks, including OAuth 2.0 grant types (Authorization Code, PKCE, Client Credentials, etc.) and best practices for secure API access.
- Proven ability to lead high-impact partner programs end-to-end, de-risking delivery through design reviews, proofs of concept, and measurable success criteria.
- Strong governance instincts around versioning, change management, and translating regulatory or compliance requirements into clear technical guidance.
- Ability to produce high-quality reference architectures, technical guides, and training materials while mentoring others and raising documentation quality across the team.
- Skill in turning partner insights into clear, sequenced product requirements and driving cross-team initiatives to close platform gaps.
- Writes and speaks fluent English.
- It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus.
Benefits
- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
API architectureRESTSOAPWebhooksWebSocketsOAuth 2.0reference architecturestechnical guidestraining materialsdesign reviews
Soft skills
technical thought partnerleadershiprelationship managementmentorshipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingfeedback deliveryorganizational skillscross-team initiatives