As a Solutions Architect, you will design the technical blueprint behind some of the world’s
largest sports, media and entertainment platforms. You will work at the meeting point of client
business goals and engineering execution: shaping architectures, de-risking delivery, and
guiding teams from first conversation to production at scale. If you enjoy solving hard,
ambiguous problems, explaining complex systems simply, and building AI-first products used by
millions, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
● Lead technical discovery with clients to understand business goals, existing systems and
constraints, and turn them into clear solution architectures.
● Design scalable, secure and cost-efficient cloud architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure) for
web, mobile, TV and backend platforms.
● Own architecture decisions across microservices, APIs, data pipelines, event-driven
systems and integrations with third-party platforms.
● Build effort estimates, technical proposals and delivery roadmaps, and support pre-sales
conversations with credible, well-reasoned solutions.
● Guide engineering teams through implementation, reviewing designs and code to make
sure what’s built matches the architecture and quality bar.
● Drive non-functional excellence: performance, high availability, observability, security
and compliance at massive scale.
● Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies, especially GenAI/LLM and agentic
systems, and recommend where they create real business value.
● Define architecture standards, reusable reference architectures and best practices
across Proximity’s engagements.
● Mentor engineers and tech leads, and contribute to knowledge-sharing through
Proximity Talks, blogs and thought leadership.
Requirements
● 12-15 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a solutions
architect, technical architect or tech lead role.
● Strong hands-on background in at least one backend stack (Java/Kotlin, Go, Node.js or
Python) and a solid grasp of frontend and mobile architectures.
● Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containers and orchestration
(Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar).
● Proven experience designing distributed, high-traffic systems: microservices, caching,
CDNs, queues/streams (Kafka, SQS/PubSub), and SQL/NoSQL databases.
● Strong understanding of system design trade-offs: scalability, latency, availability,
security and cost.
● Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions, writing
architecture documents, and producing estimates and proposals.
● Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present to both C-level stakeholders
and engineering teams.
● Ability to break down complex problems into simple, practical solutions that serve
business needs.
● Comfortable working in ambiguity and across multiple clients, time zones and priorities.
Benefits
- Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
- Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
- Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
- High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.
About us
Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media and Entertainment companies in the world! We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has created and grown high-impact, scalable products used by 370 million daily users, with a total net worth of $45.7 billion among our client companies.
We are Proximity — a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks, and experts. We solve complex problems and build cutting edge tech, at scale. Our team of Proxonauts is growing quickly, which means your impact on the company’s success will be huge. You’ll have the chance to work with experienced leaders who have built and led multiple tech, product and design teams. Here’s a quick guide to getting to know us better:
Watch our CEO, Hardik Jagda, tell you all about Proximity.
Read about Proximity’s values and meet some of our Proxonauts here.
Explore our website, blog, and the design wing — Studio Proximity.
Get behind-the-scenes with us on Instagram! Follow @ProxWrks and @H.Jagda
Skills Required
- 12-15 years of software engineering experience
- At least 3 years in a solutions architect, technical architect, or tech lead role
- Hands-on experience with at least one backend stack: Java, Kotlin, Go, Node.js, or Python
- Understanding of frontend and mobile architectures
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms, preferably AWS
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience designing distributed, high-traffic systems
- Experience with microservices, caching, CDNs, queues or streams, and SQL or NoSQL databases
- Strong understanding of scalability, latency, availability, security, and cost trade-offs
- Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions
- Experience writing architecture documents and producing estimates and proposals
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for C-level stakeholders and engineering teams
- Ability to simplify complex problems into practical business solutions
- Ability to work across multiple clients, time zones, and priorities in ambiguous environments
What We Do
We are Proximity — a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks and experts. We solve hard, long-term engineering problems and build cutting edge tech products
