At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.This role can be done from homeBuilding the world’s leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. That’s why we’ve been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco & Paris. This role can be done from anywhere in the United States or Canada - any of our offices, or remotely from home. It’s about impact, not location.”Sonos partners with over 120 content streaming providers and over 40 home automation partners. These partners, along with our 3rd party voice partners, integrate with the Sonos Sound Platform allowing Sonos to deliver the best smart speaker experience in the world. The Product Platform and Partnership team needs a Solutions Architect who will be responsible for making our partners successful as they build solutions on the Sonos Sound Platform with the goal of delighting our joint customers. A successful candidate will be proactive, well organized, and enjoy solving hard problems with the required skills to drive technical discussions. You need to be able to build out a partner engagement plan for longer term projects, work with a large number of partners, be well organized, be able to track and report your work, and can context switch regularly with ease. As a Solutions Architect you are a problem solver, and dig into how things work technically. You are able to get your hands dirty with the APIs you are helping your partners with. You know these APIs inside and out by coding against and testing them yourself. This allows you to create reference architectures for your partners to use to be successful in their integrations. What You’ll DoOwn the communication and the overall health of the relationship with a long list of partners, advising and counseling them on technical architecture and integration with Sonos. Help move our partners through onboarding, development, certification and deployment. Assist the product team to prioritize features and APIs that will help Sonos and our partners be successful. Define partner engagement plans from your comprehensive understanding of the Sonos product roadmap and your insights into our partner’s direction, capabilities, and availability. Solve hard technical, business, and design problems and find common ground with partners to ensure trade-offs are well understood and communicated so that short term tactics don’t become obstacles to the larger partnership mission and goals.Manage 1st and 3rd party certification integrations. Work effectively across team, discipline and geographic boundaries to help ensure a culture of transparency, inclusion, diversity of opinion and perspective and product experiences that reflect those strengths.What You’ll NeedResearch shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. If you don’t have 100% of the skills listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if interested.Basic QualificationsStrong communicator and collaborator who can sell a vision, and inspire effectively based on user research, business logic, and data. Ability to build out a partner engagement project plan for a feature area and drive internal and external alignment and dependencies to execute on the plan. Technical background with a proven ability to rapidly learn new technologies.Strong program management skills with the ability to track and report project tasks and the ability to independently prioritize your workload and improve our processes. Decisive and action oriented, you learn quickly, work independently, and take ownership of open issues.Collaborative spirit and willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in technical roles5 years of experience in a Solutions Architect role or Technical Partner facing role.Preferred QualificationsExperience working in a technical field with a focus on software development and modernization efforts.Experience partnering with external stakeholders and providing technical solutions.#LI-RemoteAt Sonos we consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, which may lead individual compensation to vary depending on job related qualifications, skills, and experience. All full time employees are eligible for merit increases, discretionary bonuses, and equity. Our job postings may span more than one career level and the base pay range may be modified in the future based on changing market conditions. The starting base pay for this role for all US candidates is between: $119,000 and $132,000Please note that compensation details listed in US job postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.We also offer a comprehensive benefits program with choice and flexibility in mind to help support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees. Regular full time employees in the US are eligible for benefits on day one, including:Medical, Dental, and Vision InsuranceA 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vestingAn Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annuallyUp to 12 paid holidays per calendar year12 weeks of paid Bonding Leave following the birth or adoption of a new child, plus up to an additional 12 weeks of Medical Leave for birthing parents under our Short Term Disability policyCompany-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D InsuranceVoluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-beingA generous employee discount program & Sonos Radio HD - on us!For a holistic overview of our benefits, please visit sonosbenefits.com. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.Your profile will be reviewed and you'll hear from us once we have an update. At Sonos we take the time to hire right and appreciate your patience.Notice to U.S. Job Applicants: Sonos is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.Follow the links to review the EEO is the Law poster and its supplement. Sonos is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to accommodations@sonos.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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