Payments Technical Architect

We are lookingfor an experiencedPayments Technical Architectwith 10+ yearsof hands-onexperience inJava, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, cloud technologies, Kubernetes, MuleSoft,and MQ.The ideal candidatewill have strongexperience designing andimplementing highly scalable, secure, and resiliententerprise applications,with a strongunderstanding of thepayments domain.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architectscalable, secure, andhigh-performance paymentapplicationsusingJava, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, RESTAPIs, and microservices.
• Provide technical leadershipthroughout the applicationdevelopment lifecycle,from architectureand design throughimplementation and productionsupport.
• Develop and integratedistributed applicationsusingKafka, MQ, MuleSoft, and REST-basedservices.
• Design cloud-native solutions leveragingAWS/Azure/GCPor equivalent cloudtechnologiesand container platformssuch asKubernetes.
• Work closely withbusiness, product, engineering, and architecture teamsto translate requirementsinto technical solutions.
• Design solutions usingappropriatearchitectural and designpatterns to ensure scalability, maintainability, resiliency, and performance.
• Develop reusable Javacomponents, frameworks,and libraries followingclean-codeand object-orientedprogramming principles.
• Apply Java concurrency, multithreading, and performanceoptimization techniqueswhere required.
• Design applications integratingwith relational andexternal/embedded databases.
• Participate in applicationperformance analysis, troubleshooting, JVM tuning, andproduction issue resolution.
• Implement automated testing, unit testing, andqualityengineering practices.
• SupportCI/CDimplementation and DevOpspractices using toolssuch as Git, Maven, Gradle, andJenkinsor equivalent platforms.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting solutionsusingSplunkand related observabilitytools.
• Collaborate with Agileteams and participatein sprint planning, design discussions, codereviews, and technicaldemonstrations.
• Mentor developers andprovidetechnical guidance onarchitecture, coding standards, design patterns, andbest practices.
• Evaluate and adoptemerging technologies,including AI-assisteddevelopment tools suchasGitHub Copilot andClaude, where appropriate.

Payments Domain Experience

Experience working with financial services or payment-processing platforms and exposure to one or more of the following:

• FedWire
• CHIPS
• The Clearing House(TCH)
• SEPA
• ACH
• Real-Time Payments(RTP)
• SWIFT
• ISO 20022
• MT messaging
• Payment processing, settlement, clearing, and payment integrationsystems

Required Technical Skills

• 10+ years ofexperience in softwaredevelopment and technicalarchitecture.
• Strong hands-onexperience withJava/J2EEand object-orientedprogramming.
• Strong experience withSpring MVC andSpring Boot.
• Excellent knowledge ofREST APIs andmicroservices architecture.
• Hands-on experiencewithKafka and MQ.
• Experience withMuleSoftor similar integrationplatforms.
• Experience withKubernetes and cloudtechnologies.
• Strong knowledge ofSQL and databasetechnologies.
• Experience withCI/CD pipelinesand Agile developmentmethodologies
• Proficiency withGitand source-codemanagement.
• Experience withMaven, Gradle, orAnt.
• Experience with applicationmonitoring and troubleshootingusingSplunk.
• Strong understanding ofautomated testing andunit-testing practices.