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title: 'Senior solutions architect (Central) at WRITER'
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# Senior solutions architect (Central) at WRITER

- **Company:** WRITER
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $194k–$228k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-23
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/writer/5e625967-5b33-4aff-ab28-806e9002de3f

## Job description

🚀 About WRITER WRITER is where the world's leading enterprises orchestrate AI-powered work. Our vision is to expand human capacity through superintelligence. And we're proving it's possible – through powerful, trustworthy AI that unites IT and business teams together to unlock enterprise-wide transformation. With WRITER's end-to-end platform, hundreds of companies like Mars, Marriott, Uber, and Vanguard are building and deploying AI agents that are grounded in their company's data and fueled by WRITER's enterprise-grade LLMs. Valued at $1.9B and backed by industry-leading investors including Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth, WRITER is rapidly cementing its position as the leader in enterprise generative AI. Founded in 2020 with office hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and London, our team thinks big and moves fast, and we're looking for smart, hardworking builders and scalers to join us on our journey to create a better future of work with AI.

📐 About the role Every company grows differently, and at WRITER, our growth is directly tied to empowering our users to create better content, faster, and at an unprecedented scale. As a strategic solutions architect, you'll be at the forefront of this mission, working directly with our largest and most strategic prospects to identify, validate, and build innovative agentic AI solutions that unlock massive business value. This isn't just about selling a product; it's about deeply understanding complex enterprise needs and architecting a future where AI transforms how our customers operate. You'll be instrumental in shaping how the world's leading companies adopt and scale AI, making a tangible impact on both their success and WRITER’s continued leadership in the enterprise generative AI space. This is a full-time, hybrid role based out of our Chicago hub. You will report directly to the Director, solutions architecture.

🦸🏻‍♀️ What you'll do

- Drive strategic technical discovery with Fortune 500 prospects and customers, translating complex business challenges into clear, impactful technical solutions for AI-powered work
- Architect and design robust, scalable, and secure generative AI solutions for enterprise clients, leveraging WRITER's platform, APIs, and custom applications to solve critical business problems
- Lead the development and execution of compelling proofs of concept (PoCs) and demonstrations, building custom templates and integrating WRITER's capabilities to showcase transformative value and accelerate time-to-value for customers
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to C-suite executives, VPs of Engineering, and AI leaders, guiding their generative AI strategy and collaborating to define enterprise-level architecture roadmaps
- Partner closely with WRITER's product and engineering teams, providing critical feedback from customer engagements to influence our product roadmap and ensure our solutions meet evolving market needs
- Champion the adoption of WRITER's platform and APIs, educating prospects and partners on the art of the possible with generative AI and empowering them to build their own innovative solutions

⭐️ What you need

- 5+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as solutions architect, enterprise architect, or sales engineering, ideally within a high-growth, B2B SaaS company serving Fortune 500 clients
- Deep expertise in generative AI principles, large language models (LLMs), and prompt engineering best practices, with a passion for staying ahead of the curve in this rapidly evolving field
- Experience in Python, proficiency with APIs, and end-to-end orchestration, to augment AI workflows and integrate AI capabilities into complex enterprise systems
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, able to simplify complex technical concepts into clear, compelling business language for diverse audiences, from technical teams to executive leadership
- A highly versatile and tenured problem solver, capable of leading multi-stakeholder discovery sessions, uncovering root causes, and architecting innovative solutions to complex business and technical challenges
- A builder's mindset and a proven ability to connect deeply with customer needs, challenge the status quo with innovative AI solutions, and own the technical success and impact of client engagements

🍩 Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)

- Generous PTO, plus company holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
- Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks)
- Fertility and family planning support
- Early-detection cancer testing [through Galleri](https://www.galleri.com/partner/writer)
- Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
- Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution
- Annual work-life stipends for:
- Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
- Learning and development stipend
- Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
- Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

WRITER is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. By submitting your application on the application page, you acknowledge and agree to [WRITER's Global Candidate Privacy Notice](https://writer.com/legal/candidate-privacy-notice/).

## About WRITER

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: WRITER provides an enterprise AI platform that enables organizations to build, activate, and supervise AI agents grounded in company data and powered by its own family of large language models (LLMs).
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C; $326M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: May Habib (CEO) & Waseem AlShikh (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Enterprise AI / Generative AI Software Development
- **Target Customers**: B2B; Large enterprises in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare, professional services). Named customers include Accenture, Mars, Marriott, Uber, and Vanguard.
- **Mission Statement**: To expand human capacity through superintelligence by building trustworthy AI that unites IT and business teams for enterprise-wide transformation.

## Products & Services
- **WRITER Platform**: An end-to-end platform for building, deploying, and monitoring AI agents that are grounded in enterprise data and governed by IT controls. Includes an "AI Studio" for custom agent creation.
- **WRITER Agent**: A delegation-based agent that executes complex, multi-step workflows from natural language instructions (e.g., drafting reports, conducting research, generating compliant content).
- **Palmyra Family of LLMs**: WRITER’s own suite of purpose-built LLMs, designed for transparency, reliability, and control in regulated environments.
- **Security & Compliance Integrations**: Pre-built integrations with enterprise security, identity, and observability stacks (e.g., SSO, audit logs, role-based access controls) to meet compliance standards.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (total funding of $326M).
- **Key Metric**: Annual recurring revenue (ARR) estimated at $26M (source: LinkedIn company profile).
- **Notable Investors**: Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Insight Partners, Balderton Capital, B Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Citi Ventures, IBM Ventures.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of ~727 employees (+33.1% YoY); operates in 42 countries; LinkedIn followers grew +35.7% YoY to ~88k; expanding office footprint with hubs in San Francisco, New York, London, Chicago, and Austin.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Five-year track record of in-house LLM R&D**: Co-founders have been building AI for enterprise since 2013 (first company focused on machine translation). WRITER controls its own model stack, not just a wrapper on third-party APIs.
- **Enterprise-first DNA**: Platform is built from the ground up for governance, compliance, and IT integration — a key differentiator in regulated industries.
- **Purpose-built for agentic workflows**: Unlike generic chatbot platforms, WRITER focuses on autonomous, multi-step task execution with deep domain context.
- **Strong partner ecosystem**: Backed by a consortium of strategic investors including Salesforce, Adobe, Citi, and IBM, signaling deep enterprise channel potential.

## Strategic Focus
- **Agentic AI for the enterprise**: Moving beyond simple prompting to autonomous agents that can be delegated complex tasks.
- **Deepening IT and security integrations**: Making it easy for security and compliance teams to approve and deploy AI at scale.
- **Expanding AI research**: Continuing to invest in the Palmyra family of LLMs to maintain frontier capabilities.
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence across North America and Europe (offices in SF, NY, London, Chicago, Austin).

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid culture**: The company is built around a mix of in-office collaboration and remote work. Offices are in San Francisco, New York, and London (plus Chicago and Austin).
- **Ownership mindset**: All employees receive company stock options, plus a 401k plan with employer contributions.
- **Growth opportunities**: "Expect to quickly improve your skills and expand your responsibilities" — learning and development stipend and generous PTO are provided.
- **Cutting-edge technical challenges**: Teams build advanced AI technology from scratch, solving problems few other companies tackle.
- **Comprehensive benefits**: Employer-covered medical, dental, and vision plans; life insurance; FSA; competitive parental leave; family-friendly policies.
- **Strong values-driven culture**: Emphasizes active listening, high standards, long-term thinking, and diverse perspectives.
- **Active hiring**: Multiple open roles across engineering, product, sales, and customer success (see careers page).

## Sources
1. [writer.com/about](https://writer.com/company/about/)
2. [writer.com](https://writer.com/)
3. [writer.com/careers](https://writer.com/company/careers/)
4. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/getwriter)
5. [Ashby Careers Page](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/writer)

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