Principal Solution Architect at Atera
New York, NY
$200,000–$250,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior, customer-facing technical role at an IT management software company, focused on helping enterprise clients design and implement AI-driven IT automation solutions end to end. Day-to-day work spans hands-on scripting and integration building, architectural design, and translating field insights into product feedback for internal teams. Suits an experienced solutions architect or professional services engineer with a strong IT infrastructure background and comfort writing code.
Senior level · 8+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 85 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 50–120
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,701 (middle half $84,324–$174,781). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The $200,000–$250,000 figure is stated as on-target earnings (OTE), meaning it blends base salary and variable compensation; actual base salary is not separately disclosed.
The role is titled 'Principal Solutions Architect' but the scope — 8+ years, single-team customer-facing delivery, no stated org-wide technical authority — aligns more closely with Senior on the experience ladder. The 'Principal' title appears to be a seniority label used by this company rather than a true org-wide principal-level scope.
Python, Node.js, and PowerShell are presented as interchangeable options ('Python, Node.js, PowerShell, or similar') within a hard-required coding ability gate; Python is listed as the primary with the others as alternatives.
AI Fluency (Gen AI landscape, LLM-based systems) is explicitly flagged as 'highly preferred' in the posting, so it is marked as preferred rather than required.
SOC classification is ambiguous: the role is primarily a post-sales solutions architect (customer-facing design, integration, and consulting) with hands-on coding, which fits 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) best; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a reasonable runner-up given the hands-on scripting and integration-building duties.
The role is hybrid (3 days/week at One Penn Plaza, New York City); it is not fully remote.
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