Forward Deployed Architect
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- As a Customer Deployment Architect, you will serve as the lead technical strategist embedded with our customers
- You’ll own the end-to-end design of AI-driven business transformation projects—from understanding domain-specific needs to architecting scalable agent-based solutions using DevRev’s AgentOS platform
- This role requires a unique blend of enterprise architecture, AI solutioning, customer empathy, and cross-functional collaboration
- You’ll act as the connective tissue between pre-sales, customer success, engineering, and product teams—bringing our AI capabilities to life for real-world impact
- Own Customer Context: Deeply understand customer business domains, systems, and OKRs/KPIs to guide solution design
- Architect AI Transformation: Design and document AI-driven workflows, agents, skills, and system integrations that align with customer goals and industry best practices
- Be a Trusted Advisor: Build strong partnerships with customer stakeholders as their technical counterpart, delivering confidence in our platform’s capabilities
- Translate & Coordinate: Bridge the gap between pre-sales/CS and engineering, ensuring requirements are actionable and outcomes measurable
- Design Reusability: Architect modular, scalable solutions that can be extended across customers and verticals
- Drive Delivery: Collaborate with Applied AI engineers to oversee solution implementation, ensuring architectural alignment and execution excellence
- Support Pre-Sales: Partner with sales engineers and customer teams to scope new opportunities, define technical requirements, and provide input on feasibility and effort
- Lead Innovation: Stay ahead of emerging trends in AI, software integration, and business transformation—and bring that insight to our solution designs
- Maintain Quality & Compliance: Ensure all solutions meet performance, security, and compliance standards
- Travel Ready: Willingness to travel up to 50% for on-site discovery, deployment, and customer engagement
- Experience: 8+ years in solution architecture or consulting roles, focused on enterprise-scale, customer-facing software implementations
- Communication: Exceptional ability to convey complex technical and business concepts to diverse stakeholders—both technical and non-technical
- AI & Cloud: Hands-on experience with generative AI tools, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and modern integration patterns (APIs, webhooks, pipelines)
- SaaS & Platform Fluency: Background in SaaS or enterprise platforms, with understanding of extensibility and multi-tenant design principles
- Metrics Focus: Proven ability to define and track success through OKRs, KPIs, and tangible business outcomes
- Business Acumen: Strong understanding of customer priorities, with the ability to translate business needs into technical execution plans
- Project Leadership: Proficiency with project planning tools and methodologies; capable of managing multiple solution tracks and timelines
- Design Thinking: A problem-solver with a growth mindset, skilled in crafting scalable and future-proof architectures
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Advanced degrees or certifications in AI/architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, SAFe) are a plus