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About the Role

Western Union is seeking a Senior Architect on the Gateway Engineering team to lead the design and hands-on development of APIs powering the company's partner ecosystem for financial services at a global scale. This role requires deep technical expertise and leadership, involving coding, setting standards, and shaping a sustainable culture. The architect will collaborate with product and engineering to build a stable, efficient, and long-lasting platform, leveraging AI-native development as a force multiplier.

Responsibilities

Lead the architectural design of APIs used by Western Union's partners to initiate money transfers, bill payments, money orders, and other financial activities.
Drive the migration of partner integrations from legacy SOAP-based services to modern RESTful APIs, including client onboarding, versioning strategy, and deprecation planning.
Define and govern API design standards across the Gateway platform, including versioning, backward compatibility, contracts, error handling, and developer experience.
Build applications, workflow automations, internal tools, and basic agents using AI coding agents within Western Union's product and platform areas.
Use AI to accelerate modernization, testing, documentation, observability, and engineering productivity.
Drive engineering excellence through Agile methodologies, TDD, thorough code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
Estimate engineering effort, plan implementations, and coordinate rollouts with cross-functional and cross-regional impact.
Support engineering incidents and releases.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in computer science or related fields with 10+ years of professional experience or master’s with 8+ years of experience. Equivalent work experience is allowed.
6+ years of professional experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices-based architectures deployed at enterprise scale.
5+ years of professional experience building backend applications and microservices using Java and Spring Boot framework (including Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Security).
Previously led a SOAP-to-REST migration.
Experience with event-driven integrations using Apache Kafka, JMS, or equivalent Pub/Sub frameworks.
Professional experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with observability and monitoring frameworks (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar).
Professional experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and/or NoSQL data stores.

Skills

RESTful APIs
Microservices
Java
Spring Boot
Spring Cloud
Spring Data
Spring Security
SOAP
Apache Kafka
JMS
Pub/Sub frameworks
Docker
Kubernetes
Dynatrace
Splunk
PostgreSQL
Oracle
AI coding agents
API gateway platforms

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior Architect
10+ years of professional experience
8+ years of experience
6+ years of professional experience
5+ years of professional experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s in computer science or related fields
Master’s degree

Salary/Compensations

$155,000 – 180,000 USD per year

Benefits

Short-term incentives
Multiple health insurance options
Accident and life insurance
Access to best-in-class development platforms
Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only)
Parental Leave
One day volunteer time off
$0 Money Transfer Fee Discount Code – Quarterly
Recognition Program “Game Changers”
Employee Discount Program
Global Adoption Assistance
Global Scholarship Awards Program
401K plan

About the Company

Western Union is a trusted name in global payments, transforming into a digital-first company powered by next-generation payments to help people prosper.
The company's goal is to shape the next generation of financial experiences by moving beyond remittances, cash, and customer expectations.

Equal Opportunity

Western Union is passionate about honoring employee identity and fostering a feeling of belonging.
The company is committed to providing an inclusive culture that celebrates unique backgrounds and perspectives.
Western Union does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status.
The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.