I'm interviewing for solution architect roles this week. I've been an architect for about two years at a really small startup (consulting, ~20 employees), and the interviews are at much bigger places (500-12000). What should I expect? Would love to hear the day to day of architects at big places.
I suspect that my job responsibilities and what I handle are extremely different due to the scale. For context, prior to becoming an architect at this startup two years ago, I was a lead full stack engineer for about 3-4 years and have, give or take, 16 years of experience total in the industry.
I was on track to become a solution architect at my old job before layoffs hit. People from that job created a startup and hired me on as an architect. Unfortunately, that startup is likely failing. We are facing a funding issue, and if our primary client cannot generate funds by 5/1, we're shutting down (this has been an issue for some time, we're just coming up to the deadline, hence my post).
For people working as solution architects at bigger places (in the hundreds to thousands in terms of employees), what does your day to day look like? What should I expect? If you have been a solution architect at both a startup and a large company, what differences did you notice?