Solution Architect, Solution Engineering (Java)

Solution Architect Solution Engineering (Java) - Pune MH

Role Responsibilities

As an Software Engineer at Western Union you will use AI coding agents to accelerate how we build modernize and improve products across our global money movement platforms. Rather than only writing code directly you will guide AI agents to build applications workflow automations internal tools and basic AI agents that solve real customer agent and operational problems.

You are a full-stack product builder who starts with the question: What customer or business problem are we solving You will work across engineering product operations risk compliance and customer care to identify friction points and rapidly ship safe reliable and measurable solutions.

You will be measured by the speed quality security and business impact of what you ship not by the volume of code you personally write. You will also

• Build AIassisted applications workflow automations internal tools and lightweight agents across product and platform domains.
• Translate customer agent and business requirements into clear specifications and endtoend production solutions.
• Use AI to accelerate modernization testing documentation observability and engineering productivity.
• Review AIgenerated code and designs to ensure compliance with security privacy regulatory reliability and quality standards.
• Instrument systems to track adoption usage conversion error rates customer friction and operational outcomes.
• Design and maintain scalable secure faulttolerant architectures supporting highvolume financial transactions.
• Lead architecture reviews proofofconcepts and design discussions across engineering teams.
• Develop integrations with risk and compliance orchestration systems thirdparty platforms and digital channels.
• Build and maintain compliance backoffice solutions including transaction monitoring controls reconciliation and regulatory reporting.
• Design efficient data pipelines and analytics using technologies such as PostgreSQL and Snowflake.
• Define and enforce coding standards architectural guidelines and best engineering practices.
• Evaluate and adopt tools frameworks and emerging technologies such as AI services and microfrontend architectures.
• Partner with Product QA Risk Compliance Operations and Customer Care teams to identify automation and experienceimprovement opportunities.
• Document reusable patterns prompts guardrails and learnings to scale AInative engineering practices.
• Foster a learnbydoing culture focused on experimentation measurement and continuous improvement.

Role Requirements

• 7 years of professional software development experience including 2 years in a solution or technical lead role within a medium to large organization.
• Handson experience using AI coding agents to build or accelerate endtoend software delivery.
• Strong ability to write effective prompts iterate with AI tools and validate AIgenerated outputs for production use.
• Solid fullstack development knowledge across frontend backend APIs data cloud and infrastructure.
• Strong foundation in clean code practices SOLID principles and TDD/BDD methodologies.
• Experience with modern architectural patterns including web applications APIs databases eventdriven systems queues workflow automation and microservices.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable software architectures deployed at scale.
• Handson experience with modern programming languages (e.g. Java C) design patterns and core computer science fundamentals (data structures algorithms OOP OOA/D).
• Experience with Java/J2EE web technologies web services and frontend frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Strong understanding of secure coding privacy compliance reliability observability and productionreadiness in regulated environments.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies CI/CD pipelines automated testing and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to interpret product and operational metrics such as usage conversion error rates latency availability and failure trends.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into effective technical solutions aligned with modern technology standards.
• Strong customerfirst mindset connecting engineering outcomes to measurable business impact.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain and evangelize architectural concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Proven collaboration with DevOps and platform teams to optimize deployment pipelines monitoring and operational stability.
• Comfortable working in highly regulated global environments where quality resilience and trust are critical.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with distributed systems API design and data modeling.

• Experience with Risk & Compliance back-office controls and case management applications.

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker Kubernetes).

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps culture.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders.

• Experience with UX/UI technologies

Nice to have:

• Experience in Financial Services industry

• Experience in Cloud (AWS/Azure/Google or Hybrid) based architecture designs and implementations

Work Shift

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.

BENEFITS AND OTHER DETAILS

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives multiple health insurance options accident and life
insurance and access to best-in-class development platforms to name a few. Please see the benefits below specific to your country. If applicable additional role-specific benefits will be mentioned during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund EPF
• Gratuity Payment
• Public holidays
• Annual Leave Sick leave Compensatory leave and Maternity / Paternity leave
• Annual Health Checkup
• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)
• Group Life Insurance Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage Business Travel Insurance
• Cab Facility
• Relocation Benefit

Other Details

As part of the application process all applicants are required to take assessments. Western Union has partnered with a 3rd party provider to administer these tests. Applicants will need to provide their name and email address in order to process the assessments. If you have any questions you may reach out to .

We are passionate about honoring our employees 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.

Estimated Job Posting End Date:

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