Simulmedia is seeking a Solutions Architect to lead system-level thinking and architectural strategy for our next-generation self-serve TV ad buying platform. In this high-impact individual contributor role youll collaborate with engineering data science and DevOps leaders to design scalable maintainable and performant systems that power our growing CTV advertising ecosystem.
Youll bring deep experience in modern systems design architectural documentation and cross-functional collaboration. This role requires the ability to evaluate existing systems identify modernization opportunities and guide the platforms evolutionbalancing long-term scalability with near-term delivery. If you thrive on bringing clarity to complexity and designing solutions that scale this role is for you.
This position is located in Kyiv or Lviv Ukraine. Our team is remote-first with occasional team meetings in our office and full flexibility to work from either city.
What Youll Do
Define and evolve the technical architecture across backend services data flows APIs and platform integrations.
Partner with engineering data science and DevOps leaders to guide technology selection architecture patterns and best practices.
Work across teams to understand document and rationalize existing systems identifying where modernization or replatforming is needed.
Design foundational systems and services for new feature areas including ad delivery reporting and agentic/LLM-powered tools.
Produce architectural artifacts such as diagrams and documentation to guide decision-making and onboarding.
Support teams with hands-on design reviews proof-of-concepts and architectural mentoring.
Align architecture decisions with product roadmap priorities delivery timelines and long-term platform goals.
Identify and mitigate risks around scalability performance and technical debt while helping ensure consistency across squads.
Contribute to the companys technical strategy bringing a modernization mindset to how we evolve our platform.
What Were Looking For
5 years of engineering experience including senior-level contributions to systems architecture in a SaaS or product-led environment.
Strong experience designing distributed systems API architectures and cloud-native applications.
Ability to assess and document existing systems and translate legacy patterns into modern modular architecture.
Broad technical fluency across backend frontend infrastructure and dataable to guide cross-functional conversations.
Experience balancing technical decision-making with business and product context.
Skilled at breaking down complexity and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
Bonus Points
Experience with ad tech programmatic advertising or data-rich SaaS products.
Familiarity with event-driven systems real-time pipelines or machine learning architecture.
Knowledge of DevOps CI/CD infrastructure-as-code and modern observability tooling.
Contributions to open-source technical publications or system design communities.