Senior Solutions Architect

Job summary

You will serve as the primary technical partner for customers, leading technical discovery, solution design, and deployment throughout the customer lifecycle. You will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

Job details

About Thri5 Thri5 is building the AI-powered execution layer for the modern retailer. Retailers generate massive amounts of data but still struggle with operational execution. Thri5 continuously identifies opportunities, prioritizes actions, and helps teams execute through intelligent workflows and AI agents. Founded by a team with deep retail and retail-technology experience, Thri5 is venture-backed by some of Canada's most prominent VC and angel investors. Why Join Thri5 Own the technical relationship with some of the world's leading retailers Work at the intersection of customers, sales, product, engineering, data, and AI Play a critical role from the sales process through deployment and expansion Help shape how Thri5 integrates into complex enterprise technology environments Have a direct impact on customers and company growth What You'll Do As a Senior Solutions Architect at Thri5, you'll be the primary technical partner for prospective and existing customers. You'll work closely with our founders and leadership team, sales, customer success, product, and engineering, building trusted relationships with customer IT, data, architecture, and security teams. You'll work across the customer lifecycle, including: Leading technical discovery and solution design during the sales process Engaging with CIOs and senior retail technology leaders to communicate Thri5's technical vision, architecture, and approach Designing how Thri5 connects with customer data platforms, systems, and workflows Navigating technical diligence, including architecture, security, data, and integration requirements Leading the technical aspects of customer onboarding and deployment Translating customer requirements into solutions in partnership with product and engineering Supporting the technical aspects of customer expansion into new use cases, markets, and data sources You'll need to be equally comfortable discussing Thri5's technical strategy with a CIO, whiteboarding an architecture with a customer's technology team, navigating requirements with security and data teams, and working with our engineers to solve technical problems. Technologies We Use Thri5 works with large enterprise datasets and technology environments. Our core platform includes GCP, Snowflake, Postgres, Airflow, Kotlin, APIs, and AI/LLM technologies. Our customers operate complex technology environments spanning ERP, merchandising, POS, order management, inventory, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure, so we're more interested in broad technical understanding and the ability to quickly understand a customer's environment than expertise in any single technology. Who We're Looking For 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, sales engineering, technical consulting, or similar technical roles Demonstrated experience working directly with enterprise customers and senior technical stakeholders Experience working with retail technology environments and enterprise systems such as ERP, merchandising, POS, order management, inventory management, and data platforms Strong technical foundation across cloud architecture, APIs, data platforms, integrations, and enterprise security Ability to independently lead technical discovery, solution design, and technical diligence Ability to translate between business requirements and technical solutions Strong communication skills and the ability to establish credibility with both technical and business stakeholders Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving, early-stage environment Location: Downtown Toronto (Hybrid — 4 days a week in office)

What you’ll do

You will serve as the primary technical partner for customers, leading technical discovery, solution design, and deployment throughout the customer lifecycle. You will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

Requirements

Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, or technical consulting with a strong foundation in enterprise systems and cloud architecture. You must possess the ability to independently lead technical diligence and establish credibility with both technical and business stakeholders.

Listed skills

• PostgreSQL · Preferred
• Google Cloud · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Solutions Architecture
• Software Engineering
• Sales Engineering
• Technical Consulting
• Cloud Architecture
• API Integration
• Data Platforms
• Enterprise Security
• Technical Discovery
• Solution Design
• Retail Technology
• Enterprise Systems
• GCP
• Snowflake
• Postgres
• Airflow
• Order Management
• Technical Strategy
• Building Trust
• Customer Data Platform (CDP)
• Customer Success Management
• Workflow Management
• Apache Airflow
• Snowflake (Data Warehouse)
• Client Onboarding
• AI Agents
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Requirements
• Cloud Computing Architecture
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Communication
• Customer Lifecycle Management
• Data Architecture
• Sales
• Leadership
• Inventory Management
• PostgreSQL
• Merchandising
• Order Management Systems
• Product Engineering
• Sales Process
• Solution Architecture
• Enterprise Application Software
• Kotlin

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Engineering
• Retail
• Consulting
• Solutions Architect
• Solutions / Application Architect
• Software Developers

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