Specialist Solutions Architect, Data

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Serve as a subject matter authority on Stripe's Data products, encompassing data pipelines/export, revenue and reconciliation reporting, and analytics tools.

• Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of payments and revenue data warehousing and modeling, including pipelines into Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and Databricks; ETL/ELT patterns; along with financial reporting, reconciliation, and BI.

• Perform customer discovery regarding data architecture, warehouses, and reporting stacks to design aligned solutions.

• Provide guidance to customers on multi-entity and multi-currency reporting, custom data models, BI tool integrations, ERP/GL systems, and data freshness/latency requirements.

• Develop reusable assets and reference architectures while disseminating best practices across sales and pre-sales teams.

• Collaborate with the Data product sales team to drive opportunities for major clients, lead solution strategy, and manage key customer relationships.

• Act as the Voice of the Customer for prioritizing product and feature developments.

• Recognize product, industry, implementation, and competitive trends to impact the Data product roadmap.

• Elevate complex technical issues to Stripe's engineering team and facilitate their resolution.

• Represent technical business health during quarterly sales forecast discussions and identify deal blockers with proposed solutions.

• Assist in marketing events, including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows.

• Work in collaboration with sales, pre-sales, product, engineering, and senior customer leaders to achieve pipeline and revenue goals.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in a technical sales, pre-sales, or solutions architecture role, focusing on data platforms, analytics, or financial reporting.

• More than 3 years of practical experience with data warehousing and pipeline architecture, including Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, and ETL/ELT tools.

• Profound understanding of how payments and revenue data correlate with financial reporting and reconciliation processes.

• Experience in utilizing or implementing BI/analytics platforms such as Looker, Tableau, Sigma, Metabase, or similar solutions.

• Strong foundation in software engineering and API integration patterns, including the construction and maintenance of data pipelines.

• Outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Proven track record of establishing effective collaborative relationships with business partners.

• Capability to navigate ambiguity and excel in a fast-paced, unstructured environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Flexible working hours and options for remote work.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• A vibrant company culture that encourages innovation and collaboration.