Technical Architect

ThoughtSpot

1d•Remote

About The Position

At ThoughtSpot, the North America Technical Architect is a strategic member of the Global Technical Architect organization. This role partners with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, and Professional Services teams to provide technical leadership across the customer lifecycle—from Proof of Value through deployment, adoption, and expansion. Supporting both Commercial and Enterprise segments, the Technical Architect ensures scalable architecture, mitigates technical risk, and drives architectural consistency across engagements. This role collaborates closely with Product Management and Engineering to represent the voice of the customer and influence roadmap direction.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Engineering, Data Platform Architecture, or Technical Consulting
Broad knowledge across multiple technology stacks, with a strong foundation in database and BI architecture, including SQL, dimensional modeling, data warehousing, cloud data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery. Redshift, BI tooling (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI), and ETL/ELT design
Solid understanding of enterprise architecture principles, including security frameworks, governance, networking, secure connectivity, and identity/access management (SSO/SAML)
Experience of influencing complex technical sales cycles and customer deployments
Proven adaptability to new and emerging technologies and tools
Strong executive communication skills and ability to translate both technical complexity into business value and business requirements into technical requirements

Nice To Haves

AI/ML or AI-driven analytics experience
Coding or application development experience
API and embedded analytics experience
Python or scripting experience

Responsibilities

Lead architectural strategy and risk mitigation for complex and high-impact opportunities
Design and validate scalable solutions aligned to modern cloud data platforms
Partner with account teams to accelerate PoVs and ensure implementation feasibility
Serve as a trusted technical advisor during PoV’s, deployments, health checks, and expansion initiatives
Act as an escalation point for performance, security, governance, and integration challenges
Develop reusable architectural patterns and best practices
Support and elevate field teams through architectural guidance and knowledge sharing
Provide structured field feedback to Product and Engineering to influence feature development and scalability improvements