Solutions Architect Public Sector (US, West Coast)
ABOUT POOLSIDE
In this decade, the world will create Artificial General Intelligence. There will only be a small number of companies who will achieve this. Their ability to stack advantages and pull ahead will define the winners. These companies will move faster than anyone else. They will attract the world's most capable talent. They will be on the forefront of applied research, engineering, infrastructure and deployment at scale. They will continue to scale their training to larger & more capable models. They will be given the right to raise large amounts of capital along their journey to enable this. They will create powerful economic engines. They will obsess over the success of their users and customers.
Poolside exists to be this company: to build a world where AI will be the engine behind economically valuable work and scientific progress. We believe the fastest way to reach AGI lies in accelerating software development itself, by reshaping the developer experience with agentic systems, coding assistants, and the frontier models that power them. We deploy these systems directly into the development environments of security-conscious enterprises.
ABOUT OUR TEAM
We were founded in the US and have our home there, but our team is distributed across Europe and North America. We get our fix of in-person collaboration (and croissants) in Paris each month for 3 days, always Monday-Wednesday, with an open invitation to stay the whole week. We also do longer off-sites once a year.
Our team is a multidisciplinary blend of research, engineering, and business experts. What unites us is our deep care for what we build together. We’re in a race that requires hard work, intellectual curiosity, and obsession; to balance this intensity, we’ve assembled a team of low ego and kind-hearted individuals who have built the special culture Poolside has. By building collaboratively and with intention, we create a compounding effect that moves the entire company forward towards our mission: reaching AGI through intelligence systems built for software development.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Solutions Architect (Public Sector) role at Poolside is a uniquely hands-on position that blends deep technical execution with high-impact customer engagement.
As a Poolside SA, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of how our AI platform is deployed into large enterprise and government environments. You’ll work directly with customers to design, deploy, and support highly secure and performant infrastructure—often tailoring Terraform and Kubernetes configurations to fit mission-specific requirements.
Beyond implementation, you’ll also help evolve how Poolside is deployed across air-gapped, hybrid, and cloud environments—shaping our deployment architecture as we scale into new markets.
This is not a pre-sales demo role. It’s a hybrid between solution design, DevOps, and deployment engineering—ideal for someone who enjoys building, automating, and troubleshooting real systems in production.
YOUR MISSION
Ensure every Poolside customer achieves a fast, reliable, and secure deployment—whether in AWS, private cloud, or fully air-gapped environments—while continuously improving our deployment tooling and processes.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Architect & Deploy: Design and customize Poolside deployments across Kubernetes and Terraform-based environments (cloud, hybrid, on-prem).
Troubleshoot & Optimize: Diagnose complex infrastructure and networking issues across clusters, storage, and CI/CD pipelines.
Automate & Improve: Build automation workflows using Ansible, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD to streamline provisioning, upgrades, and monitoring.
Collaborate & Guide: Work directly with customer DevOps and security teams to ensure compliance, reliability, and observability.
Evolve the Platform: Contribute to Poolside’s core deployment framework—improving standardization, resilience, and operator experience.
Document & Share: Maintain clear runbooks, deployment guides, and internal documentation for repeatable success.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (Helm, operators, manifests, troubleshooting pods, services, ingress, etc.)
Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP also valuable)
Deep understanding of networking, load balancing, DNS, and certificates
Comfort with Linux, Docker, Git, and modern DevOps workflows
Familiarity with monitoring & observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.)
Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions
Strong debugging and process-of-elimination troubleshooting skills
Excellent written and verbal communication—able to bridge engineering detail and customer context
Active TS/SCI Clearance preferred
NICE TO HAVE
Experience deploying or securing AI/ML systems in production
Familiarity with RKE2, air-gapped environments, and STIG-hardened operating systems
Programming knowledge in Python, Go, or Bash
Background in government, defense, or regulated industries
WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT
Poolside SAs aren’t just supporting customers—they’re shaping how our platform is delivered to the world’s most demanding environments. You’ll operate at the intersection of infrastructure engineering, product development, and customer impact, helping define what enterprise-grade AI deployment looks like.
PROCESS
Intro call with José, our Head of Production Engineering
Team-fit call with Beatriz, our Head of People
Technical Interview(s) with a panel composed by José and other Founding Engineers
Customer discussion with one of our Sales representatives
Final interview with Eiso, our CTO & Co-Founder
BENEFITS
Fully remote work & flexible hours
37 days/year of vacation & holidays
Health insurance allowance for you & dependents
Company-provided equipment
Well-being, always-be-learning & home office allowances
Frequent team get togethers
Diverse & inclusive people-first culture