Software Solution Architect (AI & Startup Technology)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Conduct in-depth technical assessments of startups being considered by our client's Startup Program.
- Understand each startup's product, underlying technology, architecture, engineering approach, AI capabilities, and technical roadmap.
- Evaluate whether the technology has been sufficiently validated and distinguish between concepts, prototypes, MVPs, and production-ready products.
- Assess the maturity, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, reliability, and enterprise readiness of startup technology.
- Evaluate software architecture, infrastructure, APIs, integrations, data architecture, AI/ML components, security considerations, and deployment models.
- Identify architectural limitations, technical debt, scalability challenges, dependencies, and other material technology risks.
- Assess the technical feasibility of the startup's product roadmap and future technology ambitions.
- Translate technical findings into clear recommendations and insights for our client's leadership and other stakeholders involved in startup qualification.
- Significant professional experience in Software Engineering, Solution Architecture, Software Architecture, Product Architecture, or Enterprise Solution Architecture.
- Strong hands-on technical foundation with the ability to understand complex software systems beyond high-level architecture diagrams.
- Proven experience designing and architecting enterprise-grade software products and platforms.
- Strong expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, NLP, and modern AI architectures.
- Practical experience integrating AI capabilities into production software products.
- Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, distributed systems, cloud architecture, data platforms, integration patterns, and modern software engineering practices.
- Demonstrated experience taking software products or platforms from concept/MVP through productization and production deployment.
- Experience assessing scalability, availability, security, performance, maintainability, and technical debt within software platforms.
- Ability to evaluate unfamiliar technology stacks and rapidly understand how complex products have been architected.
- Experience working directly with customers, founders, executives, product leaders, or other senior stakeholders.
- Strong ability to translate business and product requirements into scalable technical architectures.
Full description
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our client is seeking a highly experienced Software Solution Architect - AI & Startup Technology to play a key technical role within the their Group Startup Program, an initiative focused on identifying, evaluating, investing in, and enabling high-potential technology startups.
This is not a traditional Solution Architect or presales position. The role sits at the intersection of software architecture, artificial intelligence, startup technology evaluation, software productization, technical due diligence, and strategic technology integration.
The Solution Architect will work closely with startup founders, CEOs, CTOs, engineering teams, Group leadership, and ecosystem partners to understand and evaluate the technologies being developed by startups participating in the program.
The successful candidate will assess the technical strength, maturity, scalability, productization potential, and future possibilities of startup technologies and determine where our client's technology and capabilities can create additional value.
Following the qualification and onboarding of selected startups, the Solution Architect will help define and architect the integration of relevant technologies from our client into their products and platforms. Where startups lack mature technical leadership, the Solution Architect may also provide architectural guidance and strategic technical direction.
The position requires someone who can move comfortably between deep technical discussions with engineers and strategic conversations with founders and executives.
RequirementsKEY RESPONSIBILITIESStartup Technology Evaluation & Technical Due Diligence
- Conduct in-depth technical assessments of startups being considered by our client's Startup Program.
- Understand each startup's product, underlying technology, architecture, engineering approach, AI capabilities, and technical roadmap.
- Evaluate whether the technology has been sufficiently validated and distinguish between concepts, prototypes, MVPs, and production-ready products.
- Assess the maturity, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, reliability, and enterprise readiness of startup technology.
- Evaluate software architecture, infrastructure, APIs, integrations, data architecture, AI/ML components, security considerations, and deployment models.
- Identify architectural limitations, technical debt, scalability challenges, dependencies, and other material technology risks.
- Assess the technical feasibility of the startup's product roadmap and future technology ambitions.
- Translate technical findings into clear recommendations and insights for our client's leadership and other stakeholders involved in startup qualification.