Development Architect
Core
Define and validate technical guidance, strategy, and architecture for the global distributed Payments platform to enable money movement between buyers and sellers.
Role type
Senior IC Development Architect (Payments Technology)
Builds
Distributed Payments platform, core architectural components, and platform-wide mechanisms
Domain
Financial Services / Payments Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Software design principles, coding best practices, distributed systems architecture, technical strategy definition, cross-portfolio collaboration, build vs. buy analysis, code quality verification, technology trend monitoring
Preferred skills
Strategic networking, stakeholder communication, estimation and prioritization
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Define and validate architecture principles, styles, policies, and standards; Coach and mentor engineering staff on design principles; Produce and maintain technical documentation; Contribute to technical strategy and architecture delivery roadmaps; Make architectural decisions impacting the distributed Payments platform; Lead Architecture and Design activities throughout the delivery lifecycle; Verify code quality and implementation alignment with design decisions; Participate in coding activities supporting design outcomes (up to 50% of the time)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
