Senior Lead Field Architect

About the role

At Braze, we have found our people. We're a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate crew. We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards, championing teamwork, and creating work-life harmony as we collectively navigate rapid growth on a global scale while striving for greater equity and opportunity - inside and outside our organization. To flourish here, you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. There is always a way to contribute: Acting with autonomy, having accountability and being open to new perspectives are essential to our continued success. Our deep curiosity to learn and our eagerness to share diverse passions with others gives us balance and injects a one-of-a-kind vibrancy into our culture. If you are driven to solve exhilarating challenges and have a bias toward action in the face of change, you will be empowered to make a real impact here, with a sharp and passionate team at your back. If Braze sounds like a place where you can thrive, we cannot wait to meet you. The Senior Lead Field Architect is a senior, strategic overlay responsible for the technical "North Star" of our most high-stakes deal cycles. Unlike the Technical Solutions Engineer (TSE), who builds specific assets, the FA owns the end-to-end technical strategy, ensuring that the proposed solution is technically sound, secure, and aligned with the prospect's multi-year digital transformation roadmap.

Key facts

What you'll do

Lead enterprise design authority by conducting high-level "Future State" architecture workshops that map how Braze interacts with the broader enterprise stack, including Snowflake, Salesforce, Adobe, and other critical platforms.

Navigate complex technical stakeholder management by engaging with intricate technical committees and addressing detailed concerns from Information Security, Data Governance, and Enterprise Architecture teams.

Perform strategic gap analysis to identify potential technical blockers early in the sales cycle and design creative, scalable workarounds that preserve platform stability and long-term viability.

Develop standardization and governance by creating best-practice blueprints for common enterprise scenarios, such as multi-instance global deployments, to enable reuse across the SolCon organization.

Champion data strategy and governance by advising on how data is mastered, cleansed, and migrated across the enterprise, with a strong focus on Zero-Copy and Cloud Data Sharing paradigms.

Guide change management consulting by recommending the organizational adjustments required to support a modern engagement platform, including the establishment of Center of Excellence structures.

Provide competitive intelligence by analyzing the architectural weaknesses of legacy Marketing Clouds and positioning Braze as a modern, resilient alternative in the marketplace.

Own the technical pre-sales strategy to ensure alignment between prospect needs, solution design, and Braze platform capabilities throughout the deal cycle.

Collaborate closely with Solutions Engineering and Product teams to translate complex enterprise requirements into coherent, technically viable architectures.

Act as a senior technical advisor to both internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure that proposed architectures meet security, compliance, and scalability standards.

Influence enterprise buying committees by articulating the long-term value of a flexible, cloud-native engagement platform.

Drive thought leadership within the SolCon organization by documenting patterns, playbooks, and reference architectures for future field deployments.

Support the development of tools and frameworks that enable consistent, high-quality technical engagements across diverse customer environments.

Mentor junior team members by sharing deep expertise in system design, integration patterns, and enterprise data flows to elevate the overall capability of the team.

Requirements

Candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $158,000 and $236,000 per year, with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $197,000 and $295,000 per year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, this role qualifies for a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that you will own a piece of our company.

Possess advanced system design expertise with a strong understanding of distributed systems and the trade-offs between integration methods such as batch processing, real-time messaging, and streaming architectures.

Demonstrate deep knowledge of data strategy and governance, including how data is mastered, cleansed, and moved across large enterprises, with a firm grasp of Zero-Copy and Cloud Data Sharing concepts.

Showcase experience with change management consulting, including the ability to advise on organizational changes required to support modern engagement platforms like Center of Excellence models.

Exhibit competitive intelligence skills by understanding the architectural limitations of legacy Marketing Clouds and articulating how Braze offers a modern alternative.

Have the ability to lead high-stakes, multi-year digital transformation initiatives that involve complex technical and organizational decision-making.

Thrive in collaborative environments where autonomy, accountability, and openness to diverse perspectives are essential for success.

Commit to maintaining a high standard of work and behavior that supports Braze's rapid growth and global ambitions.

Be prepared to act with ownership, demonstrating how your contributions directly impact the success of enterprise customers and the broader SolCon organization.

Practical notes

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