Senior Architect, Software Engineering — Gateway Platform

Position location: Austin, TX. 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. Role Responsibilities Lead the architectural design of APIs used by Western Union's partners to initiate money transfers, bill payments, money orders, and other financial activities. Drive the migration of partner integrations from legacy SOAP-based services to modern RESTful APIs, including client onboarding, versioning strategy, and deprecation planning. Define and govern API design standards—including versioning, backward compatibility, contracts, error handling, and developer experience—across the Gateway platform. Build applications, workflow automations, internal tools, and basic agents using AI coding agents within Western Union’s product and platform areas. Use AI to accelerate modernization, testing, documentation, observability, and engineering productivity. Drive engineering excellence through Agile methodologies, TDD, thorough code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines. Estimate engineering effort, plan implementations, and coordinate rollouts with cross‑functional and cross‑regional impact. Support engineering incidents and releases. Requirements Bachelor’s in computer science or related fields with 10+ years of professional experience, or master’s with 8+ years of experience. Equivalent work experience is allowed. 6+ years of experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices‑based architectures at enterprise scale. 5+ years of experience building backend applications and microservices using Java and Spring Boot (including Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Security). Previous lead of a SOAP‑to‑REST migration. Experience with event‑driven integrations using Apache Kafka, JMS, or equivalent Pub/Sub frameworks. Professional experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with observability and monitoring frameworks (Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar). Professional experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and/or NoSQL data stores. Preferred Qualifications Experience in Payments, FinTech, or Financial Services domains—particularly with partner or third‑party API ecosystems. Hands‑on experience with AI coding agents (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) in a production engineering context. Experience with API gateway platforms (AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Kong, or similar). Experience with NoSQL databases (Couchbase, Cassandra, or similar). Work Shift HYBRID – Western Union values in‑person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week. Salary Annual base salary range is $155,000 – 180,000 USD per year. Total on‑target compensation includes a base salary and short‑term bonus that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on qualifications. Benefits Short‑term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and 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 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: note that your recruiter may share additional role‑specific benefits. EEO Statement 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Western Union