--- title: 'Solutions Architect, AI Systems at Viral Nation Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/solutions-architect-ai-systems-viral-nation-inc-canada-x3bnea45ej28' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Solutions Architect, AI Systems at Viral Nation Inc. - **Company:** Viral Nation Inc. - **Location:** Canada - **Posted:** 2026-08-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/viralnation/jobs/5209924007 ## Job description At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creativity to scale the world’s fastest-growing digital brands. Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced culture. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fuelled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started. While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people. Strong performance leads to high expectations, and we must keep raising the bar! We have one of the largest and most advanced proprietary data infrastructures in the world, spanning social, customer, and sourced datasets. The next step is turning that data into scalable, AI-driven products — not just models and dashboards, but working software that ships. We're seeking a Solutions Architect, AI Systems who owns a problem end to end: scopes it with the business, designs the system, and then builds the first working version themselves. This is a builder's role. You architect the solution and you ship it — the two don't get handed off between different people. What You'll Do Here: - Partner with executive, strategy, and client teams to scope AI and data solutions from an ambiguous business problem to a concrete technical plan. - Design the system, then build and ship the first working version yourself — architecture and delivery sit with the same person. - Build and deploy functional tools, models, and internal products on our proprietary data infrastructure (Snowflake, BigQuery) — not dashboards alone. - Write and maintain working code (Python, SQL, APIs) to operationalize models and pipelines — doesn't need to be enterprise-grade, needs to run. - Deploy applied AI methods — LLMs, embeddings, predictive modeling — as real, working features, not proofs of concept that stall at the deck stage. - Collaborate with Data Engineering and AI teams to keep infrastructure aligned and data quality high as you build. - Build internal enablement tools that let non-technical teams use and scale what you've shipped. - Own your solutions past launch — monitor real usage, iterate, and improve. You'll Need To Have: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent experience demonstrating technical excellence and business fluency. - 5+ years in Solutions Architecture, Applied AI/ML Engineering, or Data Engineering, with a track record of shipped, working software — not just designs, specs, or dashboards. - Proficient in Python (or a comparable language) and SQL; comfortable writing and deploying code that runs in production, even if it isn't polished. - Experience building and deploying models, pipelines, or applications on cloud data platforms such as Snowflake or BigQuery. - Working knowledge of LLMs, embeddings, and applied AI methods, with real experience shipping them into working tools. - BI tool fluency (Sigma, Tableau, Looker, Power BI) is a plus — not a substitute for engineering ability. - Product mindset — comfortable owning a problem from an ambiguous ask through to a deployed, working solution. - Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving problem spaces without a large team around you. - Background in marketing, the creator economy, or social intelligence is a strong asset. - Please include a link to something you've built and shipped — a repo, a deployed app, or a demo — with your application. This role has an annual salary range of $130,000 to $150,000. This range reflects the full scope and progression of the role, from building capability to operating with sustained impact at a higher level. In addition to base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits and total rewards package designed to support our team as they grow with us. Where an offer falls within this range is determined through the interview process. Candidates are benchmarked by the hiring team based on role scope, relevant experience, skill alignment, and expected impact, using consistent and objective criteria. Compensation Philosophy: At Viral Nation, compensation is structured, performance-led, and market-aligned. Pay decisions are intentional, based on role requirements, performance, and market alignment by country, and are set to maintain internal pay equity across comparable roles and levels. Compensation progression is tied to demonstrated performance, expanded scope, and sustained contribution over time, not tenure alone. Employee compensation is reviewed regularly through formal performance reviews and check-ins to ensure alignment with role expectations and impact. AI in Recruitment: Viral Nation does not use AI-enabled tools to screen, assess, rank, or select candidates – our hiring teams make all hiring decisions. AI note-taking tools may be used during interviews. DEI Commitment: Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process. ## About Viral Nation Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Viral Nation is a global leader in social-first transformation and commerce, uniting influencer marketing, AI-powered technology, and creator representation to help brands connect with modern audiences. - **Entity Type**: Private (funded – $250M financing round in 2024, led by Eldridge with participation from Maverix Private Equity) - **Headquarters**: New York, United States - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Joe Gagliese and Mat Micheli ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Advertising Services, Influencer Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Creator Economy - **Target customers**: B2B – brands and enterprises seeking social-first marketing strategies and creator partnerships (e.g., Meta, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Walmart) - **Mission or purpose**: To close the distance between brands and their audiences by finding smarter ways to deliver value and create tighter bonds through culture, technology, and influence. ## Products & Services - **Influencer Marketing**: Full-service campaign management with access to a large creator roster across 35+ content verticals, supported by proprietary intelligence for vetting and attribution. - **CreatorOS™**: AI-powered, proprietary technology for creator sourcing at scale, measurement, and attribution – optimizes creator fit and campaign ROI. - **Viral Nation Secure™**: AI-driven brand reputation management solution that proactively mitigates brand safety and fit risks at speed and scale. - **Paid Performance Marketing**: Always-on paid social services leveraging social platforms to drive business results. - **Community Management**: Always-on social community engagement and customer journey elevation. - **Social Experiential Marketing**: Offline-to-online experiential strategies that extend brand impact beyond digital. - **Business Intelligence**: Holistic measurement and campaign performance analytics beyond vanity metrics. - **Talent Representation**: 360° creator talent agency representing digital stars across beauty, lifestyle, food, comedy, gaming, and more. - **Talent Ventures**: Support for creators in building long-term businesses and product lines. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of ~$197.9M (LinkedIn) / $250M (from the 2024 financing round reported by the company); Annual revenue of USD $11.2M (LinkedIn estimate) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Eldridge (lead), Maverix Private Equity; key brand partnerships include Meta, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Walmart - **Growth Signals**: - 2x revenue growth in the last two years (Greenhouse careers page) - Named one of Canada’s top growing companies by Globe and Mail’s Report on Business - Ranked on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ (2024) - Headcount growth of 30.1% YoY (385 employees as of 2024) - Operating in 11 countries (Canada, Barbados, India, Argentina, Brazil, etc.) - Acquired MediaKits (2022) and Eight Seven Media (2022) - Won 4 AVA Digital Awards (2023/2024) - Linkedin followers grew 71.3% yearly ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary AI technology**: CreatorOS and Secure provide unmatched creator intelligence, brand safety, and campaign optimization – a moat that competitors lack. - **Largest creator talent agency**: Access to the biggest roster of digital creators (over 1B+ engaged customers reached) across 35+ verticals. - **End-to-end, always-on services**: Combines talent representation, marketing services, and technology under one roof, enabling seamless social-first transformation. - **Strong brand trust**: Works with top-tier global brands like Meta, e.l.f. Cosmetics, and Walmart. - **Award-winning culture**: Certified Great Place To Work® and high employee satisfaction. ## Strategic Focus - **Social-first transformation**: Continuing to move brands away from traditional media toward creator-led, social-native strategies. - **Technology scaling**: Investing in AI and proprietary platforms (CreatorOS, Secure) to automate creator discovery, measurement, and brand safety at scale. - **Global expansion**: Growing presence across 11+ countries and entering new markets through acquisitions and partnerships. - **Talent ventures**: Helping creators monetize beyond campaigns into products and long-term businesses. ## Why Work Here - **Remote-first work model** – flexible work arrangements with a distributed team across North America, Asia, and Latin America - **Great Place to Work® certified** – strong culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (56% women, 55% BIPOC) - **Benefits**: Competitive medical benefits, health spending account, flexible paid time-off, paid parental leave, Group RRSP/401(k), Employee Assistance Program, paid volunteer days, awards program, virtual communities - **Growth environment**: Fast-paced, high-growth company (2x revenue growth, 30% headcount growth) with opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI and influencer marketing for top global brands - **Culture**: “#OneNation” spirit – community channels, wellness challenges, recognition programs, and local meetups - **Mission-driven**: Opportunity to shape the future of media and social commerce alongside iconic creators and brands ## Sources 1. [ViralNation.com - Home](https://www.viralnation.com/) 2. [ViralNation.com - Our Story](https://www.viralnation.com/about/our-story) 3. [ViralNation.com - Careers](https://www.viralnation.com/careers) 4. [LinkedIn - Viral Nation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/viralnationinc) 5. 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