Solutions Architect
Validere
Who we are:
Validere is an enterprise intelligence platform for the energy industry, serving leading energy producers, midstream operators, and utility providers. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in Houston, and Calgary, Validere’s software is utilized across thousands of facilities throughout North America, primarily serving clients in the U.S. and Canada with active expansion into international markets. Our team combines deep industry expertise with advanced technology capabilities to help organizations drive operational efficiency, streamline compliance, and surface actionable insights.
Founded in 2016 at Harvard and launched through the Y Combinator program, Validere has garnered support from renowned venture capitalists, including Wing VC, Greylock Partners, Pioneer Fund, Sallyport Fund, Nova Fleet, Blackrock Funds, NGIF Cleantech Ventures, and Mercuria Energy.
About the role:
As a member of the Solutions Architecture team at Validere, you will play a key role in supporting our efforts throughout the entire sales cycle, from technical scoping in pre-sales through to implementation. Leveraging a deep understanding of our product, you will provide strategic technical guidance, help uncover and define customer use cases, and identify opportunities for new solutions. This is a customer-facing role that requires strong technical expertise and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive Technical Engagements: Provide technical direction and solution design during the early phases of software implementation
Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with Validere’s Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to share feedback that informs the product roadmap and supports key presales processes
Embrace Continuous Learning: Maintain a self-directed learning mindset to deepen your understanding of the Validere platform and broader technology stack
Lead Solution Discovery: Use your knowledge of the Validere platform to identify innovative solutions to customer challenges, demonstrating their value through product demos and proofs of concept (PoCs)
Deliver Data Insights: Analyze data from the Validere platform and external sources to uncover trends, identify opportunities for product improvement, and provide clients with actionable insights
Lead Technical Workshops: Lead architecture sessions, technical workshops and demos to accelerate adoption and deepen customer understanding of the Validere platform
Translate Technology into Business Value: Communicate complex technical concepts in business terms to help customers understand value, ROI, and impact on their operations
What you’ll bring along:
Growth mindset, passion for learning new things, restlessness
First-principles thinking – you have the strong desire to understand any topic at a deeper level than most, and are unsatisfied with decisions based on convention or unjustified assumptions
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, formulate and test hypotheses quickly and efficiently
Strong communication and presentation skills - experience with public speaking and workshop facilitation a strong plus
Experience with Python and common data packages (NumPy, Pandas)
Ability to work with disparate data sources (i.e. SQL, CSV, APIs) and leverage a Python codebase
Familiarity with leveraging standard API protocols and practices to query, manipulate and ingest data
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or another quantitative field (e.g. physics, math, statistics, etc.)
Preferred: 2+ years experience in a similar role (Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Data Consultant etc.) with a proven track record of taking ownership and driving projects to completion
We love it here, you will too:
Competitive compensation
Comprehensive health and dental benefits
Stock options (at Validere, we're all owners)
Flexible working arrangements
Professional development budget to master your craft
Generous time-off with parental/family leave
Quarterly Employee Wellbeing Days
Great Place to Work Certified
An inclusive, ego-free environment where diversity of people and thought is valued
Opportunity to impact the trajectory of a fast growing tech company
Our shared values:
Deliver (the highest) value
Remove friction
Make it more scalable everyday
Be fair & transparent
Stay well & safe
Validere is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability status. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the interview process and beyond. We are committed to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.