Role Responsibilities
The Senior Architect, Software Engineering will partner with engineering, product, and business teams to design and deliver scalable technology solutions that simplify business processes, enable automation, and support new product capabilities.
Lead end-to-end solution architecture and technical design for new products, platforms, and business initiatives.
Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Drive cloud-native architecture decisions that improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Design and implement microservices-based platforms and distributed systems that support enterprise-scale applications.
Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to deliver technology solutions aligned with business objectives.
Design API-first, event-driven architectures supporting real-time and batch payment flows.
Provide technical leadership and guidance on architecture standards, design patterns, and development best practices.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that improve business outcomes and customer experiences.
Drive continuous improvement through performance optimization, troubleshooting, and operational excellence.
Champion a culture of collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence across the organization.
Role Requirements
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 10+ years of software engineering experience, or Master's degree and 8+ years of software engineering experience.
5+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise software architectures.
Experience building and deploying microservices-based applications at scale.
Experience developing applications using Java and related enterprise technologies.
Experience with web services, APIs, and modern distributed system design.
Experience with software design patterns, object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
Experience working in Agile development environments utilizing continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to deliver technology solutions.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud, including services such as: Compute (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda)
API & Integration (API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS)
Data (RDS, PGSql, DynamoDB etc.)
Security & Monitoring (IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail)
*Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience within financial services, fintech, payments, or related regulated industries. Digital Banking platforms
Wallets and stored-value systems
Card issuing, authorization, clearing, and settlement
Domestic and cross-border payment rails
Experience architecting enterprise software platforms within banking, financial services, payments, fintech, or digital wallet environments, with a strong understanding of money movement, transactional systems, security, risk, regulatory compliance, and highly available distributed architectures.
Experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions using AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud environments.
Experience defining enterprise architecture standards and influencing technical strategy across multiple teams.
Experience evaluating and implementing emerging technologies to improve business processes, operational efficiency, or customer experiences.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Workplace Option
HYBRID - Western Union values in-person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.
Location : 11902…