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Principal Solutions Architect (HPC & AI) - USA (m/f/d)

San Francisco (US Office)
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your mission

You will act as a senior technical leader interfacing directly with customers, translating complex requirements into scalable architectures and guiding engagements from initial discussions through deployment and long-term adoption.

Solutions Architecture & Technical Translation
  • Design and define HPC and AI system solutions tailored to customer use cases
  • Translate customer requirements into scalable and efficient computing solutions
  • Steer benchmarking, performance analysis, and system optimization efforts
  • Collaborate closely with internal engineering teams to align product capabilities with real-world demands

Customer Engagement & Technical Leadership
  • Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers throughout the full engagement lifecycle
  • Lead technical discussions, workshops, and architecture reviews with senior stakeholders
  • Define and execute technical strategies for key opportunities
  • Own and lead proof-of-concept processes to drive successful adoption

Applied Workloads & Performance Optimization
  • Work directly on coordinating customer workloads, including FEM solvers, AI inference, and scientific computing applications
  • Optimize performance and efficiency of workloads on our systems
  • Bridge the gap between theoretical capabilities and real-world performance
  • Identify opportunities for differentiation through applied computing approaches

Opportunity Ownership & Execution
  • Own customer engagements end-to-end, from lead generation, initial qualification and deployment
  • Drive opportunities from evaluation and benchmarking to production adoption
  • Shape solution configurations and technical positioning aligned with customer needs
  • Collaborate with leadership on solution structuring and engagement strategy
  • Support discussions by clearly articulating technical value, differentiation, and impact
  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to accelerate decision-making

Strategic Impact & Market Feedback
  • Provide structured feedback from customers to product and engineering teams
  • Contribute to the evolution of the technology roadmap based on real-world usage
  • Support strategic engagements with key accounts and research institutions
  • Help position the company as a leader in HPC and AI infrastructure

Your profile

Experience & Skills
  • 5+ years of experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, or related technical roles
  • Strong background in system architecture, distributed systems, or high-performance computing
  • Experience in customer-facing technical roles such as solutions architecture or system engineering
  • Familiarity with AI workloads, simulation (e.g., FEM), or scientific computing
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex problems into practical solutions
  • Fluency in English; German is a plus

Personal Qualities
  • Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on outcomes
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders
  • High level of ownership and independence
  • Collaborative mindset with strong prioritization skills

Why us?

As a deep-tech scale-up, we build next-generation AI supercomputing systems with a strong emphasis on performance, efficiency, and real-world impact. We are looking for a Principal Solutions Architect who will operate at the intersection of advanced computing, system design, and customer engagement, driving the successful adoption of our technology across leading institutions and industrial partners.

We offer a highly competitive compensation package, including performance-based incentives linked to customer adoption and business impact, within a flexible and inclusive work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds.

About us

SpiNNcloud is a deep-tech company building next-generation HPC and AI infrastructure for a world where brute-force compute is reaching its limits. Our chip and system architecture are designed to exploit sparsity at scale, focusing compute where it matters most while eliminating unnecessary computation everywhere else. SpiNNcloud delivers orders-of-magnitude gains in performance and efficiency, laying the foundation for what’s next in AI and HPC. 

We are looking for talented and passionate people with an appetite for problem solving. Besides the minimal requirements for this job position, your profile is a good fit to our company if you have the following values:

  1. Dedication to crafting maintainable, high-quality code
  2. High flexibility and adaptability
  3. Tranquility to work under pressure
  4. Appetite for learning and problem solving
  5. Critical thinking
  6. Ability to communicate effectively
  7. Keen to collaborate with external partners
  8. Proper time management
  9. Highly autodidact, independent and proactive

Website: SpiNNcloud