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Arcade.dev

Principal Solutions Architect

Arcade.dev, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Overview Arcade.dev is solving the biggest bottleneck in AI today: the gap between AI that just chats and AI that gets things done. We’ve built a production platform that makes tool-calling safe, secure, and easy for developers and enterprises, enabling AI agents to take real actions in the world.

We’re backed by top investors and are scaling rapidly with Global 2000 enterprises across technology, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and telecommunications. In just 4 weeks with our GTM team, we’ve built a $1M+ ARR pipeline.

What You’ll Do

Technical Visionary : Lead enterprise architecture decisions for production AI agent deployments, designing solutions that address authentication, integration complexity, and operational visibility to enable AI to take real-world actions.

Customer Champion : Build deep relationships with AI/ML leaders and CTOs at Global 2000 enterprises, understanding their deployment challenges and crafting secure, compliant solutions using our platform.

Community Leader & Evangelist : Represent Arcade.dev across channels—speaking at conferences, writing technical posts, engaging on social media, and contributing content that positions us in AI agent infrastructure.

Hands-On Builder : Continue coding and building solutions directly with customers—navigating tool-calling architectures, MCP implementations, and enterprise security requirements. Build agents for Arcade along the way.

Foundational Builder of Solutions Architect Function : Establish the Solutions Architect function from the ground up and help scale the team.

What You Bring Must Haves

10+ years

of enterprise architecture experience with a track record of designing systems that handle complex authentication, authorization, and integration at scale

Deep AI/ML expertise

including hands-on experience with LLMs, tool-calling/function-calling, agent frameworks, and production AI deployment

Understanding of modern protocols

including MCP (Model Context Protocol), OAuth, API security, and enterprise integration patterns

Enterprise domain knowledge

with understanding of compliance (SOC2, PCI), security frameworks, and complex organizational structures

Active coding ability

in modern languages (e.g., Python & Go) and frameworks (LangChain, OpenAI Agents), and willingness to implement custom integrations

Proven public speaking and content creation experience

with comfort presenting at conferences, writing technical blogs, participating in podcasts, and maintaining an active professional presence

Community engagement track record

and ability to build thought leadership across developer and enterprise communities

Presence in major tech hubs

with strong connections in the SF Bay Area, New York, or Austin; willingness to travel

Customer-facing experience

in solutions architecture, technical sales, or consulting with Global 2000 enterprise clients

Nice to Haves

Previous

Principal Solutions Architect

or similar experience at a high-growth AI or infrastructure company

Strong personal brand

with existing AI/enterprise tech following and track record of viral technical content

Community leadership

such as organizing meetups or hosting developer podcasts

Content creation expertise

including technical writing or video production

Identity and authentication expertise

with knowledge of OAuth, SAML, SSO, and zero-trust security

Agent framework experience

with LangChain, AutoGPT, or similar

Experience with

integration platforms

like Zapier, MuleSoft, or Workato

Enterprise security background

with understanding of CISO requirements and compliance frameworks

Startup scaling experience

with ability to build and scale technical functions from 0 to 1

Advanced degree

in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

What We Offer

Unparalleled Growth Opportunity : Join us at a pivotal moment—fresh off a seed round with top-tier investors; autonomy to shape the Solutions Architect role and participate in a growing AI software market.

Thought Leadership & Personal Brand Building : Support for building your personal brand through speaking engagements, content creation, social media, and community leadership.

Hands-on work with production AI agent infrastructure, tool-calling protocols like MCP, and enterprise-scale authentication systems.

Your solutions will enable AI agents to take real actions at Global 2000 enterprises across diverse industries, moving beyond chatbots to systems that actually get work done.

Significant equity, competitive base salary, comprehensive benefits, and the potential to participate in wealth creation as the company scales.

Work from SF Bay Area, New York, or Austin with access to leading innovators in AI agent technology and enterprise infrastructure.

Job Details

Seniority level: Director

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Sales and Engineering

Industries: Software Development

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