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# Senior Solution Architect at Insomniac Design

- **Company:** Insomniac Design
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-02-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/insomniacdesign/25356017-096f-4112-9039-0e23b19cb39d

## Job description

LOCATION / TECHNOLOGY / FULL-TIMEInsomniac Design is a global digital agency headquartered in Washington D.C., with offices in London, Bucharest and Chisinau.  We’re an agile, determined and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. We specialize in human-centered design with deep focus on design thinking and digital transformation.

The Senior Solutions Architect will be responsible for leading client engagements, designing enterprise architecture solutions, and overseeing the technical relationship between our clients and the development team. You will have adept experience in pre-sales support, managing successful client engagements, data modeling, schema design, systems architecture, and web application development in a cloud-first environment.

General Responsibilities:

- Expected to have a significant impact within the immediate department, driving innovation and leading strategic initiatives.
- Invents efficient solutions to problems with no known resolutions, designs and implements frameworks, processes and tools to address complex challenges.
- Able to invent automation, processes, or align work to industry best practices or revolutionary ideas, influencing the overall direction of the organization, shaping organizational strategy.
- Invents and/or leads implementation of product, process, automation and/or streamlines work with industry best practices or revolutionary ideas, contributing to measurable improvements at the department level.
- Enables and unlocks new business strategies through the development of innovative processes.
- Mentors all team members, actively participates in the hiring process, leads business improvements, and plays a key role in performance management.

Responsibilities:

- Partner with clients to understand their business needs and design and document detailed solutions that meet those requirements. This includes developing white papers, client proposals, presentations, system architecture diagrams, and others as appropriate.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure the technical feasibility of solutions.
- Lead production and delivery of technical cloud-native application software development proposals to clients.
- Manage client relationships, acting as the primary technical point of contact.
- Define, document, and lead data schema definition and design.
- Participate as a software development team member, contributing code as a project team developer, and providing software development thought leadership.
- Develop and implement best practices for technical delivery, such as coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing.
- Troubleshoot technical issues.
- Work with the development team to deliver solutions through to production.
- Mentors software team members, actively participates in the hiring process, leads internal business process improvements, and plays a key role in performance management.
- Support pre-sales in conjunction with our strategy and business development teams.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in web development, cloud platforms, and data schema design.

Skills & Experience:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in a technical client-facing role.
- 10+ years of development experience within multiple languages such as Python, Scala, R, Java or PHP.
- Ability to participate in our Software proficiency test.
- Experience using frameworks such as FastAPI and Cloud Development Kits. Expertise in data schema design and modeling.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience managing client relationships.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment.
- Experience with cloud-based platforms, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Experience with front-end frameworks such as React.
- Experience supporting pre-sales efforts for enterprise-level clients.

## About Insomniac Design

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A global digital agency that strategically designs and delivers technology solutions, helping organizations create lasting impact through human-centered design and digital transformation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., United States
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Technology, Information and Internet; Digital Agency
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, Government Agencies, Fortune 500 companies, Non-profits, Media, Finance, Energy, Healthcare, Travel, Retail
- **Mission/Purpose**: "Great Work Never Sleeps" – combining visionary thinking, an agile process, and powerful technology to create work that drives real-world change.

## Products & Services
Insomniac Design offers a range of digital services, not packaged products. Key offerings include:
- **Accelerated AI**: AI-driven solutions to transform business processes.
- **Permitting Modernization**: Streamlining government permitting systems.
- **Technology Strategy**: Strategic consulting for digital transformation.
- **Creative Management**: Branding, design, and creative direction.
- **Insights & Data Visualization**: Building data portals, dashboards, and visualization tools (e.g., UN Women gender data portal, Public Health Accreditation Board tool).
- **Web Development & CMS**: Full-stack development, including Drupal/CMS solutions for government and enterprise clients.
- **Digital Product Design**: User experience (UX) and human-centered design for complex platforms.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of approximately **$10.9M** (2025/2026 estimate)
- **Notable Clients/Partners**: Brand USA, UN Women, Public Health Accreditation Board, Caribbean Development Bank, Politico, DC Courts, Environmental Defense Fund, Cvent
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 36 (down 9.5% YoY), but active job postings show +16.7% yearly increase. Global presence across 7 countries (US, UK, Moldova, Romania, Bosnia, Italy, Spain). Recent project wins with major government and non-profit organizations.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Human-Centered Design**: Deep focus on design thinking and user experience, particularly for complex government and public-sector projects.
- **Global, Multilingual Team**: Team members speak 11 languages, enabling work with diverse international clients.
- **Agile & Versatile**: Combines strategic consulting with technical execution, offering end-to-end solutions from strategy to build.
- **Proven Track Record with High-Stakes Clients**: Experience with UN agencies, federal courts, and Fortune 500 companies builds trust and credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Government & Public Sector**: Strong emphasis on digital modernization for government agencies (permitting, courts, health data).
- **AI & Data**: Expanding into AI-powered solutions and data-driven insights.
- **Client Partnerships**: Long-term collaborative relationships rather than one-off projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Great Work Never Sleeps" – impact-driven, versatile, client-centric, and human-focused. Team-building and culture are significant priorities.
- **Work Model**: Offers remote, hybrid, and on-site options depending on role. Headquarters in Washington, D.C. with offices in London, Bucharest, and Chișinău.
- **Global Team**: Diverse colleagues across multiple countries and time zones.
- **Meaningful Work**: Projects often have societal impact (e.g., gender data, public health, environmental conservation).
- **Engineering & Design Focus**: Strong technical and creative teams; opportunities to work on full-stack development, AI, and complex systems.

## Sources
1. [insomniacdesign.com/careers](https://insomniacdesign.com/careers)
2. [linkedin.com/company/insomniacdesign](https://linkedin.com/company/insomniacdesign)
3. [jobs.lever.co/insomniacdesign](https://jobs.lever.co/insomniacdesign)
4. [insomniacdesign.com/about](https://insomniacdesign.com/about)
5. [insomniacdesign.com/work](https://insomniacdesign.com/work)

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