Senior Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales

Job overview

The Senior Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales role is listed in Fremont, CA, with candidates required to be in the Bay Area and report to the Pleasanton headquarters; compensation is $160,000–$220,000 per year. Avathon develops an industrial AI autonomy platform for customers across heavy industries. The architect leads technical pre-sales work by translating customer objectives and complex requirements into production-grade generative and agentic AI architectures. The role connects Avathon's platform capabilities with cloud infrastructure and customer operational technology and information technology systems, helping customers plan and evaluate industrial AI solutions.

What you'll do

• Develop technical roadmaps and implementation plans aligned with customer objectives and existing architectures
• design AI architectures integrating Avathon platform capabilities, hyperscaler services, and industrial data sources
• advise technical and executive stakeholders on trade-offs, risks, and AI strategy
• mentor forward-deployed engineers and account teams
• represent the company at industry events and contribute technical content
• track AI and hyperscaler developments
• define evaluation frameworks for model performance, output quality, and operational monitoring.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior solutions architect

pre-sales

avathon

fremont ca

bay area

pleasanton hq

$160k–$220k

industrial ai

generative ai

agentic ai

cloud architecture

customer-facing

travel 30–50%

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The role requires flexibility to travel approximately 30–50% or as business needs require. Listed qualifications include 3+ years in enterprise SaaS design, implementation, or consulting; 5+ years in a relevant technical domain; and at least 6 years in customer-facing roles.

About the employer

Avathon is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.