Blend360

data, AI, and marketing consulting

SolutionsArchitect

$150–170k Columbia, Maryland, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Solutions Architect at Blend360. Skills: architecture, data architecture, LLM architecture, integration, security architecture, executive-facing communication. Own architecture across multiple parallel workstreams (UI/API/data/integration/LLM). Define how solutioning is done—templates, ADR standards, threat modeling triggers, NFR profiles”

What You'll Achieve.

unlock transformational value through data, technology, and human expertise; Standards measurably reduce rework and integration defects; Multi-stream program delivers with clearer interfaces and fewer late surprises; Other architects/engineers measurably level up (reviews, fewer escalations)

Industry & Context.

data, AI, and marketing consulting
Problems you'll solve

turn complex challenges into competitive advantage; arbitrate contentious technical decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years equivalent experience or demonstrated staff-level solution leadership, Proven multi-team / multi-stream technical coordination with shipped outcomes, Excellence in integration + data + web-scale ability to arbitrate contentious technical decisions—including LLM architecture controversy (RAG vs fine-tuning vs buy), Executive-facing communication: crisp options, costs, risks, and recommendations

Nice to Have

High-trust client environments and transformation programs, LLM/agent delivery guardrails adopted across teams (templates, eval suites, monitoring minimums), Experience quantifying architecture decisions (TCO/ROI ranges, risk reduction), Databricks + Snowflake reference trajectories for hybrid lakehouse/warehouse estates common in enterprise analytics modernization, Success in first 90 days, Standards measurably reduce rework and integration defects, Multi-stream program delivers with clearer interfaces and fewer late surprises, Other architects/engineers measurably level up (reviews, fewer escalations)

What You'll Do.

Own architecture across multiple parallel workstreams (UI/API/data/integration/LLM)

Define how solutioning is done—templates

threat modeling triggers

Partner with leadership to translate tradeoffs into business outcomes

Lead cross-stream technical program architecture: dependencies

Define reference architectures and golden paths for recurring engagement patterns

Establish architecture governance: review criteria

“must-haves” for production readiness

Drive data architecture at portfolio level: canonical patterns

performance SLOs for critical paths

Own security architecture posture for portfolio: zero-trust patterns

data classification workflows

Operationalize LLM / agent solution patterns with enterprise controls: evaluation

red-team expectations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

mentor senior engineers and SAs; partner with leadership; Lead cross-stream technical program architecture; Success in first 90 days: Other architects/engineers measurably level up (reviews, fewer escalations)

Communication Scope

Executive-facing communication: crisp options, costs, risks, and recommendations

Process & Methodology

explicit sequencing, risk burndown, integration planning, dependencies, contract milestones, cutover strategies, multi-team / multi-stream technical coordination, transformation programs

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