Founding Solutions Architect

Catio is a pioneering company redefining how software is decided and governed in an AI-first environment. The Founding Solutions Architect will create the technical backbone of Catio’s commercial motion, leading architecture discovery and guiding customer implementations to validate a new product category.

Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture discovery with technical prospects and customers to map production realities — topology, dependencies, constraints, and modernization goals
• Translate ambiguous technical problems into clear evaluation plans, success criteria, and actionable next steps
• Design and execute repeatable proof-of-value engagements that validate Catio in real customer environments
• Create decision-grade artifacts — architecture summaries, risk/trade-off analyses, modernization plans, and credible paths to production
• Work alongside customer teams to deliver the first successful outcomes with Catio, embedding when needed to ensure real impact
• Partner with Account Executives to multi-thread complex deals and elevate engagement to executive sponsors (CTO, VPE, platform leadership)
• Build and standardize scaling assets — reference architectures, POV templates, demo environments, and integration/security frameworks
• Codify learnings from early customer engagements into repeatable playbooks and architectural patterns
• Feed high-fidelity insights from customer work back into Catio’s product, discovery frameworks, and architectural methodology
• Help shape how Catio is deployed, validated, and adopted across modern enterprise software environments