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About the Role

Western Union is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to modernize enterprise platforms supporting Risk, Compliance, and KYC capabilities. This role involves leading solution design and development of high-performance, secure, and scalable orchestration ecosystems to drive strategic business initiatives and improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of scalable, low-latency, high-throughput enterprise systems for real-time decision-making and compliance.
• Design and implement robust, secure, and scalable frameworks for Risk, Compliance, and KYC ecosystems.
• Develop solutions integrating internal platforms, vendor products, and third-party APIs with strong security and industry standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned with future-state enterprise architecture.
• Assess existing solutions and recommend modernization improvements based on business priorities and industry benchmarks.
• Apply modern architecture patterns including microservices, event-driven design, API-first development, cloud-native deployment, and domain-driven design.
• Drive code quality through code reviews, technical standards, design governance, and mentoring.
• Identify and resolve technical issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Lead modernization initiatives, including platform evolution and strategic replacement of legacy systems.
• Maintain a strong focus on customer journeys, product quality, performance optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in recruitment and onboarding, promoting a culture of learning, innovation, and collaboration.
• Create and maintain enterprise-level architecture documentation, including solution architecture documents, design documents, integration specifications, API design documents, and operational runbooks.
• Develop clear flow diagrams, workflow diagrams, sequence diagrams, system interaction diagrams, application architecture diagrams, deployment views, data flow diagrams, and enterprise solution blueprints.
• Translate complex requirements into architecture artifacts communicating design decisions, dependencies, integration patterns, data flows, and operational impacts.
• Produce documentation suitable for architecture reviews, engineering delivery, compliance review, audit support, and stakeholder communication.
• Use industry-standard documentation and diagramming tools.
• Present technical designs and documentation clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field with 10+ years of professional experience, or a master's degree with 8+ years of experience. Equivalent work experience will also be considered.
• Extensive software development and solution architecture experience, particularly in enterprise API development, microservices architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native application design.
• Strong hands-on development experience with Java, Spring Boot, Core Java, REST APIs, microservices, and AWS Cloud technologies.
• Proven experience designing, building, deploying, monitoring, and supporting high-performance APIs and enterprise-grade backend services.
• Demonstrated experience integrating with vendor platforms, third-party services, and external APIs, including secure authentication, error handling, resiliency, scalability, monitoring, and operational support.
• Practical knowledge of current AI and Generative AI trends, including ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, cloud-based AI services, AI-assisted development tools, and intelligent automation solutions.
• Strong AWS experience, including cloud architecture best practices, application deployment, monitoring, security, resiliency, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and data platforms such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven architecture, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming principles.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices including source control, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, and release governance.
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub, including branching strategies, repository management, pull requests, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS CloudWatch, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, containerization, or orchestration platforms is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of KYC, AML, Risk, and Compliance domains is highly desirable.
• Experience in financial services, banking, fintech, payments, customer verification, fraud prevention, or regulatory compliance environments is a strong advantage.
• Experience working with compliance, sanctions screening, identity verification, customer due diligence, risk scoring, case management, fraud prevention, or regulatory technology platforms.
• Experience with vendor due diligence, vendor API onboarding, third-party integration lifecycle management, SLAs, operational readiness, and production support models.
• Ability to drive innovation through AI-powered engineering practices, cloud modernization, process automation, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring engineers, influencing technical decisions, establishing standards, and driving architectural governance.

Skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Core Java
• REST APIs
• Microservices
• AWS Cloud
• AI
• Generative AI
• ChatGPT
• GitHub Copilot
• Cloud-based AI services
• AI-assisted development tools
• Intelligent automation
• Cloud architecture
• Application deployment
• Monitoring
• Security
• Resiliency
• Performance optimization
• Relational databases
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Snowflake
• Event-driven architecture
• Design patterns
• Data structures
• Algorithms
• Object-oriented programming
• DevOps
• Source control
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure automation
• Deployment pipelines
• Release governance
• Git
• GitHub
• Splunk
• Dynatrace
• AWS CloudWatch
• Kafka
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Containerization
• Orchestration platforms
• KYC
• AML
• Risk
• Compliance
• Financial services
• Banking
• Fintech
• Payments
• Customer verification
• Fraud prevention
• Regulatory compliance
• Sanctions screening
• Identity verification
• Customer due diligence
• Risk scoring
• Case management
• Regulatory technology
• Vendor due diligence
• Vendor API onboarding
• Third-party integration lifecycle management
• SLAs
• Operational readiness
• Production support
• Process automation
• Continuous improvement
• Mentoring engineers
• Technical decision influence
• Establishing standards
• Architectural governance

Location

• Austin, TX

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior
• 10+ years of professional experience
• 8+ years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $160,000 – 195,000 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 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.

Equal Opportunity

• We are passionate about honoring our employee's identity and fostering a feeling of belonging.
• Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve.
• We do 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.