Solutions Architect (Public Sector)

About the role

Niantic Spatial is building the future of physical AI. Our technology captures environments with geometric accuracy and detail, enabling better understanding and interaction with the real world. We serve customers in robotics, public sector, and energy and industrial markets.

Responsibilities

• Own technical engagement and success for assigned federal accounts and programs, from discovery through operational implementation and transition.
• Design end-to-end solution architectures (logical and physical) covering deployment, scaling, reliability, security, and accreditation for federal and classified environments.
• Lead technical workshops to capture mission objectives, requirements, and success criteria, and translate them into implementation-ready designs tied to measurable mission outcomes.
• Advise on architectural tradeoffs across cloud, hybrid, on-prem, tactical edge, and air-gapped/classified deployments, and deliver compelling capability demos for customers and at conferences and symposiums.
• Capture shaping, RFI/RFP response & proposal solutioning.
• Partner with Capture/BD on technical win themes, differentiators, diagrams, competitive positioning, and effort assumptions grounded in repeatable delivery models.
• Ensure solutions integrate into customer environments, define integration patterns, APIs, and data flows; document operational runbooks, deployment/upgrade approaches, and sustainment models suited to federal operational environments.
• Account for cybersecurity and compliance requirements (e.g., RMF packages, ATO processes, DoD Cloud Computing SRG IL2/4/6, and TS-aligned environments) in architectural designs.
• Communicate customer needs, gaps, and requirements to Product Management and Engineering, influencing roadmap and prioritization with evidence from engagements and proposals.
• Translate recurring requirements and deployment patterns into reusable baselines, highlighting opportunities for productization that accelerates capture and delivery.
• Collaborate with delivery teams and partners to ensure architectures are implemented as designed; support escalations, tuning, accreditation, and post-launch adoption.
• Ensure solutions transition from pilot/prototype into sustained operational use, with clear documentation, ownership, and explicit boundaries between productized platform and bespoke services work.
• Maintain a set of repeatable demos optimized for DoW/IC/Civilian prospects; use demo feedback to inform proposals and the product roadmap.

Requirements

• 8+ years in Solutions Architecture, Systems Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Customer Engineering, Technical Consulting or technical program delivery supporting U.S. Federal customers (DoW, IC, or Federal Civilian preferred).
• Strong architecture fundamentals across cloud and hybrid deployments, tactical edge, networking, identity, and security controls; enterprise integration (APIs, data pipelines); and operating within classified, IL-aligned, or otherwise regulated federal environments.
• Ability to translate mission needs into implementable architectures and explain tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication, with the ability to produce high-quality technical proposal content under deadline.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required by program.

Qualifications

• Active clearance (Secret, TS, or TS/SCI) or prior clearance eligibility.
• Experience with geospatial/spatial computing, mapping/GIS, AI, robotics, or mission-critical deployments.
• Familiarity with federal reference architectures and compliance frameworks (NIST 800-53/RMF, FedRAMP, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, CMMC).
• Prior experience partnering with Product Management to turn customer requirements into roadmap outcomes, with a sense for what's next.

Skills

• Technical writing and proposal development skills.
• Experience with federal regulations and compliance frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.

Benefits

• $171,000 - $215,000 annual bonus
• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits

Pay

• $171,000 - $215,000 annually

Schedule

• Hybrid — at least 3 days per week in office (if in San Francisco)