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Role Responsibilities

Application Architect with 10+ years of Hands-on experience designing and delivering scalable, microservices-based platforms and modern cloud-native solutions. Proven expertise in driving business transformation through AI-driven innovation, developer productivity platforms (DevEx), and data-centric architectures. Strong track record working with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance systems, embedding AI-assisted development workflows, and improving engineering velocity through automation, CI/CD, and intelligent tooling. Adept at aligning technology strategies with business goals to deliver measurable outcomes in quality, efficiency, and customer experience.

• Hands-on coding architect working with engineering and business partners to define and build out complex solutions driving value through business process simplification, automation and new product capabilities and AI-driven innovations
• Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions aligned with modern AI and data-driven technology standards
• Lead product solutioning end-to-end new innovations, including embedding AI capabilities into core product workflows with iterative improvements
• Architect and enable developer experience platforms (DevEx) that incorporate AI tooling for coding, debugging, code review, and knowledge discovery
• Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development
• Establish best practices for AI-driven developer efficiency, including automated code generation, intelligent testing, documentation generation, and refactoring
• Proven ability to improve developer productivity through AI-assisted coding practices, including code generation, automated unit test creation, and documentation synthesis
• Experience defining governance and guardrails for AI-assisted development, including code quality, security, and compliance considerations
• Familiarity with integrating AI tools into developer workflows (IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, code review systems)
• Ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI productivity platforms to enhance engineering velocity and efficiency

Role Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or related fields with 10+ years of professional experience or MS with 8+ years of experience
• Proven ability to understand business and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements
• Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
• Experience with architecture design concepts and techniques and the ability to communicate and evangelize those concepts to internal stakeholders and external partners
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D
• Demonstrated experience in programming languages (for example, Java/Python) and design patterns
• Hands-on experience in building microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale
• *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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Financial Services domain
• Experience working with global teams in delivering solutions for APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and North America

Technical Expertise:

• Architecture: Microservices, Event-Driven, Distributed Systems
• Cloud: AWS / Azure / GCP (Hybrid & multi-cloud)
• Backend: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Web Services
• Engineering Practices: CI/CD, TDD, DevSecOps
• Performance: Scalability, Observability, Troubleshooting
• Platforms: IDE integrations, CI/CD pipelines, code review automation
• AI / Dev Productivity: AI-assisted coding, LLM integration, Developer Experience (DevEx), code generation
• Governance: Secure coding, compliance, AI guardrails
• Methodologies: Agile, Scrum

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.

Location: 11902 Burnet Rd., Suite 350, Austin, TX 78758

BENEFITS AND OTHER DETAILS

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and lifeinsurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). 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 United States specific benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Program
• Parental Leave
• 401KPlan

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

The base salary range is $125,000 - $150,000 per year; total on-target earnings include a base salary and short-term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates' qualifications, skills, and competencies.

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 careers@westernunion.com.

We are passionate about honoring our employee's 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.

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