Solution Architect

Do you think that climate change can be solved with energy efficiency, renewables, and by electrifying all parts of our society? Do you want to contribute towards solving the climate crisis? If yes, this might be the opportunity for you!

Virta is one of Europe’s fastest growing electric vehicles charging platforms with offices in London, Helsinki, Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Singapore and Bucharest.

We are looking for a Solution Architect with experience in Electric Vehicle Charging Platform Management Systems in pre-sales environment.

This is your chance to join a scale-up company in the e-mobility sector and use your technical expertise to find the best EV solution for our customers.  In this role you will engage our customers, both onsite and remote, in a technical consultancy and advisory role during the pre-sales process devising effective end-to-end solutions and maximizing sales opportunities. You will enjoy collaborating with a wide variety of teams internally and externally, especially with Virta's Sales, Product and Technology teams.

What you’ll do 

• Solve customer software issues of broad scope and high complexity
• Educate customers on the value proposition with your knowledge of the Virta solution and associated technologies
• Take ownership of discovery phase and turn customer ideas into functional product offering in collaboration with internal teams
• Build, present, and document customer solutions during pre-sales
• Initiate and deliver the best value proposition for customers, from Proof-of-Concept to showcase under technical feasibility
• Guide technical idea evaluations, use case, RFP/audit support, and discovery workshop phases
• Provide technical proposals, presentations, and solution for tenders and RFQs
• Propose improvements and innovation for customer calls and product demonstrations based on current market trends
• Propose the technical solution and oversee the selection of technologies and products and estimate resources required to develop the proposed solution to meet the customer’s requirements.
• Articulate alternatives in terms of cost, benefit, and risk where multiple solutions exist
• Support sales team in general sales and tender processes requiring technical expertise
• Provide mentorship for Solution Architecture team members and remain a current contributor to team-learning initiatives and activities
• Become an expert in one or more technologies related to the Virta solution

To succeed in this role you will have

• Proven work experience in Charge Point Management System (CPMS) of the charging ecosystem in an international setting
• Experience with Integration architectures, Hardware configuration or Connectivity & Networks are seen as a great advantage
• Fluent written and verbal communication skills in French and English
• Ability and willingness to travel as required (national and occasional international travel)
• Experience in the energy industry is seen as an advantage
• Right to work in the EU

Our current technology stack includes the below. We are not expecting that you will have experience in these.

• NodeJS microservices with Typescript and NestJS
• React based end user UI’s
• MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kafka, all running on AWS
• Microservice deployment on top of Kubernetes
• Virta Kiosk payment solution
• Bamboo, Bitrise and Drone, GitLab Pipelines for CI/CD

What We Offer   

This role is a great opportunity to enter an international growth company and build your expertise with diverse group of individuals from over 30 countries. We offer flexible working hours and generally work in a hybrid mode depending on the needs of the business and our customers. At Virta we want you to succeed and support your development with online Virta Academy. We offer smooth and comprehensive onboarding to support your professional growth.  

Join us!

Interested? Please send your CV and cover letter with compensation expectations. For more information, please contact us by email: career@virta.global

Who we are?     

We are very proud of the culture we’ve created together at Virta, and we would love for you to experience it as well. Here, you can get a sneak peek into what makes Virta’s culture so special. Please, check our culture handbook here.

Facts & Figures about Virta

• Virta is one of the leading global EV charging platforms and charging networks in Europe since 2013
• Virta is among the rare 1000+ companies that made the FT 1000 list four consecutive times
• 105 000+ EV charging stations online on the Virta Platform
• 30+ countries with charging networks on the Virta Platform
• Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland and 7 offices in total globally
• Offices: Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, London, Singapore, Bucharest
• 240+ employees
• 500 000+ EV charging stations in the roaming network