Principal Solutions Architect - Workflow Automation & Interoperability
New
O
OpenFnPublic Service Automation
Remote - Africa/Europe time zones (strong preference for candidates based in Africa), Africa/Europe time zonesContractPrincipal
Salary not disclosed
Apply NowOpens the employer's application page
Job Details
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Experience
- 10-15+ years of experience
- Required Skills
- DockerNode.jsJavascriptKafkaKubernetesCI/CDDevOps
Requirements
- 10-15+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems integration, or technical implementation leadership
- Demonstrated expertise with integration platforms, middleware, or workflow automation tools (e.g., X-Road, OpenHIM, Kafka, Apache Camel, n8n, MuleSoft, Kong, Boomi, WSO2)
- Strong JavaScript / Node.js proficiency
- Experience with backend development and API integration patterns
- Ability to set and uphold a technical quality bar across a delivery portfolio and build standards/processes
- Excellent written and verbal English communication, including facilitating technical workshops
- Experience in a consulting or professional services context
- Ability to operate effectively in lean, distributed teams
- Familiarity with interoperability standards in global health or humanitarian systems, including FHIR/HL7
- Experience with DevOps practices in low-resource or sovereign-hosting contexts, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and Docker/Kubernetes
- Background working with digital public goods, open source, government digital transformation programs, or NGO technology teams in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
- Working proficiency in French or Spanish
- Ability to work from home or a shared office space with fast, stable internet
Responsibilities
- Own technical architecture across the services portfolio, from pre-contract scoping through delivery
- Lead solution design for OpenFn-centered interoperability engagements: integration strategy, data flow architecture, API design patterns, system topology, and deployment approach
- Consult directly with government and NGO technical counterparts on OpenFn solution design and associated enterprise architecture strategy
- Evaluate proposed use cases to determine platform fit and advise on constraints/alternatives
- Set and uphold the technical quality bar across the services portfolio
- Develop internal standards and guidelines for OpenFn implementation quality
- Mentor engineers and consultants in JavaScript competence and systems-level integration thinking
- Become the organization's deepest practitioner of OpenFn, understanding its capabilities and limits
- Build and own a solutions architecture library for integration patterns and platform documentation
- Serve as the bridge between services and product, translating field learnings into product feedback
- Define and oversee deployment strategies for government clients hosting OpenFn on local infrastructure
- Develop deployment standards and runbooks for diverse hosting configurations
View Full Description & ApplyYou'll be redirected to the employer's site
