Kevel is a growing cloud-based technology company leading a bold mission to help make the Internet a better place through ethical advertising practices and building customizable, ad serving solutions quickly and easily. At Kevel, we put people first. Our team members are passionate and self-motivated individuals that help each other do remarkable things every day. 

JOB OVERVIEW:  The Senior Solutions Architect is a vital member of our Customer Success team that works closely with our Commercial team to delight prospective customers and their integrating engineers. They are effective communicators who can pivot with ease — from discussing technical requirements with a CEO or team of developers, while also being equally able to support non-technical members of our clients teams. They are comfortable sketching out ad request / API workflows on a whiteboard, and delivering a product demo to a crowded room. 

PAY TRANSPARENCY: Kevel uses external, third-party market data to determine compensation for all open positions. Our compensation philosophy is based on the candidate’s specific working location AND experience level. This means that we will take a no negotiation approach in our recruitment and offer processes. We believe this is an important step in living our value of embracing diversity while underlining our commitment to fair, equitable and inclusive pay practices.

The pay range for this position is between $168,000 - $200,000. An exact offer for this position will be determined based on the candidate's working location and experience level, in relation to our existing team.

In regards to candidate location in the US specifically, Kevel currently uses validated external data sources to determine which US locations are considered higher cost of living metropolitan areas compared to others. Candidates are welcome to reference the following chart to get a general sense of where they may fall within the pay range based on US location.

All compensation packages include the additional benefits as described in the 'Why you'll love working with us' section below. We also have a transparent ‘Total Rewards Philosophy’ we’d be happy to share with you which describes our overall approach to compensation and benefits in full detail! Our recruitment team can share more about this with you in an initial phone interview and will be happy to answer any questions you have related to compensation at Kevel! 

WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH:

• Become an expert in Kevel, our APIs, and what they can do. 

• Work closely with Kevel’s Sales team to develop and deliver technical demonstrations and answer technical questions during the sales process. 

• Troubleshoot customer problems while they are testing and implementing, and keep Solutions, Sales and Customer Success teams up to date on development progress.

• Assist in the completion of customer RFPs and security/infrastructure questionnaires.  

• Assist post-launch customers in scaling and expansion strategies and implementations. 

• Own and drive relationships with technical audiences of all kinds, from integrating engineers to CTOs, understanding business objectives and explaining solutions. 

• Capture feedback for product and engineering, and advocate internally on prospect and customer’s behalf.

SKILLS YOU'LL BRING WITH YOU:

• Experience working with REST APIs and a highly technical product. 

• High-energy, passion and creativity. 

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills. You are comfortable speaking in groups, being recorded and speaking with both technical and non-technical audiences. 

• Strong soft skills (communication, relationship building, emotional intelligence, situational awareness, confidence, empathy) are beneficial for success in this role.   

• Research, Test, Ask. A successful Solutions Architect will always search for a solution, try it, and finally ask for help. An independent problem solver will find the most success.

• Proactivity, ownership and the ability to work both autonomously and in a team will help you shine in this role. 

• Previous coding experience in some form. While you won’t need to write any code of your own, you should be able to write JSON and understand basic code.

• Additional Requirements for LATAM Region:

  • Fluency in Portuguese, Spanish and English is a MUST HAVE in this role. 

  • Experience and knowledge of working in the LATAM region in a technical role is a strong plus! 

• Fully Remote Team: We are a 100% remote work environment with employees located around the world. You are welcome to work from home, one of our offices, a WeWork office, or an equivalent co-working space.

• Flexible Working Hours: We understand our employees have their own lives, responsibilities and working preferences. We trust our employees to communicate with their managers, and work when they work best.

• Paid Health Benefits: 100% employer paid health benefits for you and your entire family. 

• Savings opportunity for the Future: Kevel offers retirement savings plans with employer contributions so employees can save toward future financial objectives. 

• Rest and Relaxation: Unlimited personal time off - and we mean it! We trust our employees to take the time they need, whenever they need it. We also offer Paid Holidays + a Kevel Holiday Break (from 12/24 - 1/1 every year!)

• Employee Wellbeing: Kevel offers one wellness day per month that the whole company takes off together. This helps us rest and recharge as a team, and prioritize the mental health and well-being of our employees.

• Kevelfest: The entire Kevel team gets together once a year for a four - day in - person event filled with collaboration, team building, celebration and fun! 

• Home Office Stipend: You’ll receive a new windows or mac machine (your choice) + a $500 home office allowance to purchase what you need to set up your work space properly!

• Parental Leave Support: We support all parents with salary continuation and benefits when our employees are growing their families.

• Free press benefits: Kevel believes all employees should have access to legitimate news sources. You’ll receive a $300 annual allowance to subscribe to the news source of your choice.

• You’ll work with an award winning team! We’ve won numerous Best Places to Work Awards for several years and counting! We’ve also won many awards for our Innovation, Business Intelligence, and our best-in-class products (Software of the Year, Cloud Company of the Year, Best Ad Tech and API Innovator). 

• Full transparency. We embrace transparency and encourage you to read more about what we value through our Company Constitution and Employee Bill of Rights, our About Kevel page, and Careers Page.

Hiring Guidelines by Country: Kevel hires new team members in countries around the world. Some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Recruitment Team will share the specific benefits that are available in your location, and can help answer any questions about location specific eligibility requirements and benefits after the recruitment process begins. 

ABOUT KEVEL 

Kevel (previously Adzerk) offers the infrastructure APIs needed to quickly build custom ad platforms for sponsored listings, internal promotions, native ads, and more. We are committed to helping publishers drive new revenue and take back the Internet from ad tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. 

Kevel was founded in 2010 in Durham, North Carolina. We embrace remote working culture with our entire team being spread across the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal and Singapore! Kevel is proud to be an inclusive workplace with one goal in common — we want to make the internet a better place. 

ALL APPLICANTS ARE WELCOME, EXACTLY AS YOU ARE

We’re building a global community - one that’s safe for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Our policies and way of working are guided by our core values of inclusivity, trust, empathy, and respect. We know we have more work to do, but firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic selves. 

Kevel is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts and commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive, and transparent workplace where everyone feels respected, heard, safe and accepted. At Kevel, we embrace our differences and consider diversity a superpower that drives the success of our organization. 

Individuals seeking employment at Kevel are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.