Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to meet current and future needs
Defines the technical target state of their product and drives achievement of the strategy
Participates in architecture governance bodies
Evaluates recommendations and provides feedback on new technologies
Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Proficiency in development of end-to-end architecture for small business (SMB) payment systems using Spring boot/Java micro services, event driven architecture and domain driven design concepts.
Track record of migrating legacy payment platforms to cloud native environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with the intent to enhance performance, security, resilience and reduce cost.
Demonstrated ability to partner with product managers, developers, and business stakeholders to align architectural decisions with business objectives and customer needs.
Proven ability in implementing solutions that handle high transaction volumes, low latency, and seamless integration with third party payment providers.
Well versed with RESTful API standards and messaging standards along with the ability to perform the architecture-to-code review working with the technology teams
Experience designing payments systems adhering to security standards such as PCI DSS and ensure compliance with regulatory requirement.