About Starschema

At Starschema we believe that data has the power to change the world and data-driven organizations are leading the way. We help organizations use data to make better business decisions, build smarter products, and deliver more value for their customers, employees and investors. We dig into our customers’ toughest business problems, design solutions and build the technology needed to address today’s unique challenges.

What you can expect as a Starschema team member

As a member of the Starschema team, you will be on the front lines of digital transformation, working with some of the most innovative Fortune 500 companies to drive innovation and realize the promise of data-driven cultures. You will learn and use the latest data-centric technologies along with the core industry technologies.

Our team is inclusive and fun. While we take our work seriously, we know how to have a good time while doing so. We encourage everyone to share their opinions and ideas, and our leadership wants to hear everyone’s input no matter what role they play in the organization.

Summary of the role    

The Pre-sales Architect will be the technical interface for clients looking to implement new solutions in the realm of data engineering, management, ML and cloud-based applications. The role will address customer’s needs in order to offer the most appropriate technical solutions, in coordination with the  Starschema and HCL sales teams.

The pre-sales architect will typically work with clients who are exploring a new or deeper engagement with Starschema. These customers typically have a certain budget and a set of use-cases / problems that need a solution. The pre-sales architect walks with the client on a solutioning journey where an idea is fleshed out into a set of artifacts that the delivery team can absorb and execute. These artifacts would be among others specification, architecture, a technology environment and a project plan.

Pre-sales architects usually manage multiple client tracks and are most actively involved in the project sales and the ramp-up phase of the delivery.

What You Will Do Daily

• Introduce Starschema offerings on both a business level and deep technical level to existing and new clients alike.
• Participate in joint client-vendor solutioning workshops, rapidly absorb requirements and turn into solution proposals.
• Proactively build new knowledge and skills about emerging technologies from the following fields: AI/ML, databases, ETL tools, cloud tech, programming languages. Incorporate new learnings into innovative client offerings.
• Design, documentation and development of data models.
• Design infrastructure management strategies to meet uptime and monitoring SLA’s.
• Build proof-of-concept / prototype solutions.
• Daily written and oral communication with the clients and the other developers.
• Creating functional and technical documentation.
• Frequent presentations to the clients

We Want to Hear from You, If You Have

• Multiple years of experience in delivering on large scale software consulting projects. The ideal candidate has seen it all, from requirement gathering to production support.
• Experience in process and data modelling, mapping models to a deliverable project (architecture, timelines, budget, project plan, etc).
• Strong collaboration experience with business users; understanding the business data and connections.
• Strong experience in architecting new solutions on cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent knowledge of any of the following languages Python, Go, Java or C#.
• Excellent SQL knowledge, experience in any of PLSQL, T-SQL, PSQL.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, ability to multi-task

Advantage:

• Knowledge in any of the following: AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, ETL tools, AI/ML tools, SQL/noSQL databases, knowledge/experience with DataViz tools.

What's In It For You:

Remote work: You can work remotely from anywhere within the USA.

Eligibility: We are unable to support work visa for this specific position so we are open to receive application from candidates who are eligible to work in the USA.

Benefits & Community: A healthy lifestyle and the feeling of belonging are important to us, for both body and mind. We provide:

• Company mobile phone and subscription
• 401K Insurance with matching
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Baby Bonus or extra 5 days leave in case of child birth
• Technical/Professional trainings
• Remote work / Home Office opportunity

Start date: The sooner the better, but if you currently work somewhere and have a notice period, it is still fine, we will wait for the right person!

If you like what you have read, submit your application now!