Software Engineering Architects (Cloud Engineering Architects)

Software Engineering Architect (Cloud Engineering Architect) (Western Union, LLC, Austin, TX)

Provide the best-in-class API and integration solutions using microservices architecture. Establish software application standards as well as engineering application integration with other systems across the enterprise. Provide application architecture and design artifacts and conduct design reviews. Present solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Take a hands-on role in influencing development activities, architecture decisions, participate in designs, design review, code review, and implementation. Analyze existing software for usability and accessibility issues and provide recommendations for improvement. Ensure the product adheres to architecture standards, risk management standards, and security policies and can take on the DEV lead for the scrum team. Provide strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, trouble shooting, and continuous development. Expertise in money transfer core platform which is referred as group of services to support messaging, routing and to assist with enforcing data collection and validation for compliance requirements. Provide DevOps expertise to create, deploy and maintain CI-CD pipelines following company standards. Design and implement scalable architecture systems for core applications, identifying the hardware and software infrastructure needs to accommodate the company's architectural goals. Take ownership and responsibility for one or more applications in a solution. Participate with Product and other stakeholders to provide the business solution for any new requirement. Design and document moderately complex technical requirements for business applications. Telecommuting may be permitted up to 2 days per week. When not telecommuting, must report to Western Union, LLC at 11902 Burnet Road, Suite 350, Austin, TX 78758. Salary: $85,384 - $179,687.50 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related field, plus 2 years of professional experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, or any occupation/position/job title involving software application development or architecture solutions.

Must also have experience in the following: 1 year of professional experience implementing and consuming RESTful web services; 1 year of professional experience using Agile methodologies on projects and production releases; 1 year of professional experience consulting with project teams and functional units on the design of projects or services; 1 year of professional experience utilizing JavaScript, CSS, Jenkins, Microservices, and programming languages including Java, Spring Boot and MySQL; and 1 year of professional experience working in cross border money transfer domain.

CONTACT: Apply online at https://careers.westernunion.com

Referral Bonus - $1,000 (Subject to Employee Referral Policy). Eligible to internal employees only.

Annual base salary gross: $85,384 - $179,687.50 USD. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the Western Union salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role. The base salary is one component of Western Union's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include short term incentives, health insurance (several options to choose from), accident and life insurance, access to the best in class learning and development platforms, to name just a few! To view more details of our benefits, visit us here: https://mywubenefits.com/. In addition to the annual salary, this role is also eligible to receive an annual bonus.

Estimated Job Posting End Date:

03-10-2025

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.