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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solutions Architect - **Company:** PortX Inc. - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Code Generation, Web Services, Openapi, Spring-boot, Git, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, ISO 20022 Standard, Enterprise Integration, Integration Frameworks - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=117ed51533c86252 ## About the Role * Strong enterprise integration and implementation experience: APIs, event-driven architecture, integration platforms/iPaaS; you have led engagements, not just built inside them. * Demonstrated customer-facing skills: discovery, workshop facilitation, estimation, executive communication, and managing scope with commercial awareness. * Fluency reading and reviewing Java/Spring Boot code well enough to govern quality, review PRs, and prototype - this role designs and governs more than it codes. * Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering (code generation, agentic tooling, spec-to-code workflows) and a point of view on where it accelerates delivery safely. * Working knowledge of containerization, Kubernetes/GitOps-style deployment, and AWS. * Experience with OpenAPI-first design, consuming and specifying web services, Git, and standard build tooling. Strongly preferred * Banking, credit union, or payments domain experience (core banking systems, digital banking, ACH/ISO 20022). * Experience productizing services delivery: templates, SDKs, connector libraries, fixed-price packaging. * Experience standing up or operating architecture governance (review boards, ADR practice, conformance standards)., * Strong problem-solving skills * Excellent spoken and written English communication skills * Highly organized, with strong prioritization and time management skills * Flexible and responsive, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and tight deadlines * Confident, customer-facing presence with the ability to build trust and engagement ## Description PortX Solutions Architects are consultants first, engineers second. You are the customer-facing owner of solution shape: you run discovery, scope the engagement, design against the PortX platform and ORCA reference architecture, and govern delivery so the implementation ships on the platform - not around it. The measure of a great SA here is not the code you write; it's how little bespoke code the engagement needs, how fast delivery squads become self-sufficient, and how much of what you design becomes a reusable, sellable asset. Consulting & customer leadership * Lead discovery, scoping, solution design, and estimation for integration engagements, ensuring solutions are scalable, supportable, and commercially sound - estimates tie to standard deliverables and templated effort, not open-ended custom builds. * Engage directly with customers across pre-sales and delivery: build trusted-advisor relationships, elicit the business problem behind the stated requirement, and translate it into the smallest platform-native solution that solves it. * Facilitate customer workshops, architecture reviews, whiteboarding sessions, and executive presentations; communicate solution designs and trade-offs clearly to both technical and business audiences. * Own the written solution artifacts - Solutions Design Documents, ADRs, estimates, and definition-of-done criteria - to a quality standard fit for architecture review and customer sign-off. Architecture & governance * Act as SME for the PortX platform (Integration Manager, ORCA, connector library) and end-to-end integration lifecycle, providing architectural guidance from intake through go-live and handover. * Design template-first: default to fixed-price-engineering (FPE) patterns, reusable connectors, and configuration over custom code. Bespoke code is an explicit, justified exception - documented as an ADR and taken through architecture review - never a default. * Enforce ORCA contract fidelity and platform conventions across implementations; contribute findings and standards back through the Architecture Review Council. * Gate solution quality at intake: validate that scope, requirements, and estimates are sound before delivery commits, and flag misfit deals early. Enablement & Leverage * Mentor and coach PortX and customer development teams; the goal is squads that design, build, and support integrations with progressively less SA involvement - SA time concentrates at solution shape and review, not implementation. * Convert engagement work into product: every project should leave behind a reusable asset - a connector, template, mapping, pattern, or documented playbook - that reduces the cost of the next similar engagement. * Use AI tooling as a first-class delivery instrument: code generation against templates, spec-driven scaffolding, automated conformance scoring, and documentation generation. Fluency here is expected, not optional. * Drive continuous improvement across integration patterns, delivery methodology, estimation models, tooling, and documentation. Hands-on credibility * Lead by example through hands-on problem solving where it unblocks the team - spikes, reference implementations, and rescue work - while resisting becoming the delivery bottleneck., * Delivery squads enable you to handle standard integrations end-to-end without SA escalation. * Your engagements produce reusable connectors and templates adopted by subsequent projects. * Estimation accuracy improves because your designs map to known, repeatable units of work., This is a chance to join a fast-growing company at the forefront of AI-powered banking integration and data innovation. You will work in a collaborative, high-impact environment where your technical expertise and customer-facing skills directly influence business growth and customer success. At this stage, ownership isn't a talking point - it's the job. You'll drive your space end to end, which means your time and availability flex with what the work actually needs, not a fixed clock. 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