Presales Sr. Solution Architect Software Product Engineering

Job Description:

The Software Product Engineering Pre-Sales Solution Architect collaborates with clients in North America and Globally to understand their needs, assess their software solution, challenge and provide strategic architectural mentorship on transformation and further evolution of their digital product and software product modernization with emerging technology stack. The SPE Solution Architect represents the technical ability of Capgemini Engineering to strategize and lead internal multi-functional teamwork for technology dissemination. The Pre-Sales solution architect’s priority is to work on client solutions which are a persuasive representation of Capgemini technical ability, expertise on developing products & services, with focus on value associated with software driven transformation for clients. The role involves active coordination across sales and practice teams and demands outstanding inter-personal skills, strong technical skills, knowledge in either the Insurance domain or Media and Entertainment domain in product engineering.

Job Location: East Coast

Key Responsibilities:

• Discover innovative client solutions through consultative selling approach and collaborate with our clients to assess their immediate, short term and long-term requirements to meet their business goals.
• Build solution proposals, are accountable for multi-functional internal reviews and present the technical proposal to prospective customers.
• Engage with the global engagement and delivery teams to ensure accurate resourcing and hand-off to the post-sale team to deliver the solution to the customers.
• Collaborate with our clients to assess their immediate, short term and long-term requirements to meet their business goals and product roadmaps.
• Develop and promote proactive solution led, value propositions for our clients, by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Showcase deep understanding of end customer’s objectives, business goals and requirements to better align our software product engineering and transformation capabilities to provide tangible business value.
• Mentor global architects/delivery teams on solution architect’s best practices.
• Travel up to 30%.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with client facing experience in a solutions architecture, technical consulting, or presales engineering role.
• Knowledge of distributed computing and cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, etc.) to build large scale solutions with the latest generation of technologies.
• Experience with solution selling and quantification of business value to customers.
• Design, develop and deliver industry and customer value propositions as it relates to software transformation in Insurance or Media Entertainment Industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology.

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

About Capgemini Engineering

World leader in engineering and R&D services, Capgemini Engineering combines its broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge technologies in digital and software to support the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Coupled with the capabilities of the rest of the Group, it helps clients to accelerate their journey towards Intelligent Industry.

Capgemini Engineering is an integral part of the Capgemini Group, a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided every day by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future.

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.