This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$152,806–$224,250
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$300k
versus about
$189k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for internet businesses, providing payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and banking-as-a-service APIs to businesses of all sizes globally. Industry: Payments Infrastructure & Financial Technology
Stripe currently has
173 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$190,400–$285,600
across 171 roles with salary data.
As a Specialist Solutions Architect, Data, you will serve as a domain expert within the specialized solutions team to drive revenue and accelerate opportunities for Stripe’s data products. You will collaborate with sales teams to build deep customer relationships, provide technical guidance on complex deals, and influence the product roadmap by sharing market insights. Your daily work involves architecting solutions for data pipelines, export, reconciliation reporting, and analytics tooling. You will engage with customers to design systems for multi-entity and multi-currency reporting while integrating with tools like Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, Looker, Tableau, Sigma, and Metabase. The role requires expertise in ETL/ELT patterns, API integration, and SQL to solve complex problems regarding how businesses warehouse and model payments and revenue data for financial reporting and business intelligence.
What does a Solutions Architect earn in California?
Median $235750 from 45 postings across 8 companies.
Act as a subject matter expert on Stripe’s Data products to accelerate sales opportunities.
Conduct deep discovery of customer data architectures to design solutions that align with their reporting requirements.
Advise customers on designing for complex multi-entity and multi-currency reporting using various BI tools and ERP systems.
Create reusable assets and reference architectures to improve the efficiency of the broader sales organization.
Partner with the Data product sales team to lead solution strategy and manage key customer relationships.
Provide actionable insights on market trends and competitive analysis to influence the product roadmap.
Resolve complex technical issues by collaborating directly with Stripe's engineering teams.
Represent technical health during forecast calls by identifying deal blockers and proposing solutions.
What we're looking for
7+ years of experience in technical sales, pre-sales, or solutions architecture roles focused on data platforms, analytics, or financial reporting.
3+ years of hands-on experience with data warehousing and pipeline architecture including Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, and ETL/ELT tooling.
Strong understanding of how payments and revenue data maps to financial reporting and reconciliation workflows.
Experience working with or implementing BI and analytics platforms such as Looker, Tableau, Sigma, or Metabase.
Strong knowledge of software engineering and API integration patterns for building and maintaining data pipelines.
Exceptional communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to build collaborative relationships and work effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
Experience with RESTful APIs, advanced SQL, fintech expertise, or enterprise pre-sales (preferred).
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