Senior Application Architect

Position location: Austin TX

Western Union is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Retail Engineering team. Responsible for end-to-end application design development and delivery across both backend services and front-end experiences. You will design build and evolve high-performance mission-critical applications using Java Spring Boot microservices and Angular micro frontend this role you will lead technical solutions mentor engineers and drive technology modernization across the full stack.

You will work closely with Product Architecture Security and Operations to deliver secure scalable and highly available APIs supporting Western Unions global money movement ecosystem.

Role Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical team leader and subjectmatter expert for the API platform owning architecture and design decisions for complex systems and services.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable resilient solutions balancing shortterm delivery needs with longterm platform sustainability.
• Partner closely with Product Architecture Security and Operations to translate business requirements into highquality technical solutions.
• Drive engineering excellence by defining and enforcing best practices around system design testing (including TDD) security performance and operational readiness.
• Provide handson guidance through design reviews code reviews and technical deep dives raising overall code quality and consistency.
• Act as a technical mentor to senior and midlevel engineers supporting growth in system thinking ownership and problem solving.
• Influence platform direction by identifying opportunities to improve scalability reliability developer experience and cost efficiency.
• Serve as a key escalation point for complex production issues contributing to root cause analysis and longterm corrective actions.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards while enabling teams to deliver efficiently and independently.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive rootcause analysis.
• Communication and collaboration with the ability to influence technical decisions.
• Evaluate business and product requirements and translate them into scalable resilient technical solutions.
• Partnering with Product Managers to shape solutions clarify requirements and prioritize work.

Role Requirements

• Bachelors in computer science or related fields with 8 years of professional experience or masters with 6 years of experience. Equivalent work experience.
• 6 years in Java and Spring Boot with experience building and supporting productiongrade APIs. Implementing and leveraging caching frameworks to improve system performance and scalability
• 5 years designing and delivering RESTful APIs including API contracts versioning and backward compatibility.
• 5 years handson experience with TestDriven Development (TDD) and automated testing practices.
• 2 years of experience with AWS cloud services and cloudnative application design. Understanding of nonfunctional requirements including scalability performance reliability security and availability.
• 2 years of experience leading technical design and code reviews and enforcing engineering best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines infrastructure automation and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience operating systems in highavailability and highthroughput environments.
• Familiarity with API gateways authentication and authorization frameworks.
• Experience defining or contributing to platformlevel standards and reusable components.
• Prior experience working on enterprisescale or integration platforms.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Work Shift

HYBRID -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

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 location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your United States Specific Benefits Include

• 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

For residents of Colorado California Connecticut Delaware Minnesota and Pennsylvania: Please do not respond to any questions on this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age date of birth or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Salary

Annual base salary range is $USD per year. Total on-target compensation includes a base salary and short-term that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates qualifications skills and competencies.

As part of the application process all applicantsare required totake assessments. Western Union has partnered with a 3rd party provider to administer these will need to provide their name and email address in order to process the 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 whilereflectingthe 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.

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