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Lead Solutions Architect

Crunchbase

Crunchbase

IT
Multiple locations · California, USA · Colorado, USA · Florida, USA · Illinois, USA · Georgia, USA · North Carolina, USA · Nevada, USA · Massachusetts, USA · South Carolina, USA · Texas, USA · Virginia, USA · Washington, USA · Oregon, USA · Pennsylvania, USA
Posted on Jul 30, 2024

About Crunchbase

Crunchbase helps over 75 million people around the world connect with the companies and people that matter. Powered by best-in-class proprietary data, Crunchbase is democratizing access to opportunities so salespeople, entrepreneurs, investors, job seekers, and others can accelerate innovation for a better future. We’re proud to build intelligent products that shape how companies and people connect and enable them to communicate in a more meaningful way.

We are committed to a positive, diverse, and inclusive culture by hiring for potential, focused on the inclusion of people who have different ways of thinking, different viewpoints, different backgrounds, and different skill sets. We value a transparent and open culture that positively impacts our teams and our products.

Crunchbase has a remote-first approach, and is open to hiring in residents of these states:
California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington

Our inclusive remote-first culture, generous PTO policies, competitive pay, and employee wellness benefits set us apart!

Business Development at Crunchbase

The Business Development team takes Crunchbase partnerships from ideas to execution. This includes driving usage and adoption of our entire product line, developing product-enabling partnerships to expand our platform, and crafting revenue opportunities.

The revenue partnerships team focuses on developing and growing partnerships who build on Crunchbase’s data platform (Powered By Crunchbase). We work with our partners to build enterprise-grade integrations and distribute our data and products; our goal is to help end-users discover Crunchbase data through our partners’ software and platforms while driving balanced revenue growth. This team is driven by business and technology agreements that build wins for our users, our partners, and our company.

As a Solution Architect at Crunchbase, you will be pivotal in driving new business and revenue generation by helping customers understand and integrate our products and data into their solutions. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of Crunchbase’s API infrastructure and data sets to meet customer needs effectively. You will collect customer feedback to inform the Product and Engineering teams, ensuring continuous improvement of our data offerings and API infrastructure. Your efforts will ensure the effective delivery of Crunchbase products through both internal and external mechanisms, aligning with overall business objectives and policies.

What You’ll Do:

  • Drive new business and revenue by integrating Crunchbase products and data into customer solutions.
  • Deliver technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, installation, and maintenance.
  • Assess customer needs, prepare detailed product specifications, and ensure effective product delivery and functionality.
  • Serve as the primary contact and advocate for customers in the technical design and implementation of data solutions.
  • Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and Product and Engineering teams to ensure timely project delivery.
  • Provide post-implementation support and optimization, continuously improving data offerings and API infrastructure.
  • Monitor industry trends and recommend the adoption of new technologies.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive data documentation and standards.
  • Conduct internal reviews and evaluations of API infrastructure and data products

What We’re Looking For:

  • 5-10 years of experience in IT with a focus on solution architecture.
  • Extensive experience in software development and system integration.
  • Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Google Cloud).
  • Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies.
  • In-depth knowledge of cloud computing, AI/ML-derived data sets, and APIs.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong leadership and project management abilities.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Entrepreneurial, proactive, and self-starter mindset.
You may also be entitled to receive equity and benefits.
Salary Range
$145,350$171,000 USD

What Crunchbase Offers:

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Remote first policy
  • Generous Reimbursement policy for learning and development activities
  • Monthly fitness / mental health stipend
  • 14 weeks of fully-paid time off for new parents
  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Volunteering Paid Time Off
  • Incredible medical, vision and dental benefits for employees and their families
  • 401(k) and Roth plans, and free annual financial adviser check-in
  • Monthly internet stipend
  • Work from home allowance to purchase furniture for your work from home space
  • Matching charity contributions for our Townhall awards
  • A team of creative, transparent entrepreneurs driven to accomplish our mission
At Crunchbase, we value team members who are passionate and enthusiastic about what we're building here. We believe there is no "perfect" candidate, and want to encourage applying even if all the requirements listed aren’t met. If you're passionate about Crunchbase and looking to learn and grow, then we look forward to reviewing your application!
Crunchbase does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, veteran status, military obligations, or marital status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Every day our team is honored to work with entrepreneurs and innovators from every corner of the globe, and we aim to build a team that reflects the diversity of our customers. Each individual at Crunchbase brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team creates more innovative products, provides a better service to its customers, and helps us all grow and learn as individuals.