GCP Solutions Architect (AI & Pre-Sales)

Akvelon | Seattle, WA | Remote with occasional on-site meetings | Contract

Akvelon is a software engineering and technology consulting company delivering complex solutions for enterprise clients.

We're looking for an experienced GCP Solutions Architect to lead technical pre-sales, design cloud and GenAI solutions, and take architectural ownership from discovery through production deployment and scaling.

• Lead technical discovery, solution design, and pre-sales discussions with enterprise customers.
• Design and present GCP and GenAI architectures, technical proposals, and PoCs.
• Own the solution architecture throughout implementation, production deployment, and scaling.
• Collaborate with customers, sales teams, and engineers to turn proposed solutions into working systems.
  

• Strong hands-on GCP architecture experience, including enterprise solutions delivered to production.
• Proven customer-facing technical pre-sales experience.
• Practical GenAI on GCP experience (Vertex AI, Gemini, RAG, AI agents, or LLM applications).
• Ability to build or guide PoCs and lead architectural decisions during delivery.
• Strong English communication and presentation skills.
  

• Experience working with Google Cloud teams or within the Google Cloud partner ecosystem.
• Multi-agent systems, BigQuery, GKE, Cloud Run, or cloud migrations.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification.
  

• Remote collaboration with occasional visits to the Seattle office for client meetings.
• Flexible, project-based engagement.
• Hourly rate: starts at $70 USD, depending on experience and qualifications.

Interested? Apply to learn more!