Solution Architect, Solution Engineering (java)

Solution Architect, Solution Engineering (Java) – Pune, India

Want to work on the front lines with a global FinTech company that is poised to revolutionize the industry. Come join our growing team and help shape our company's digital capabilities and revolutionize the industry as Solution Architect, Solution Engineering.

The Solution Architect, Solution Engineering has a significant role in developing large-scale enterprise level backend-end solutions and ensuring that software functionality is implemented with a focus on code optimization. This role has significance in the designing and architecture of digital projects to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations.

Role Responsibilities

• To develop and implement new software, maintain, and improve existing software.
• Ensuring that software functionality is implemented with a focus on code optimization and organization.
• Recommending improvements to existing software programs.
• Troubleshoot application issues and coordinate issue resolution with operations, functional, and technical teams.
• Working with a software development team and Service providers in a geographically distributed structure.
• Provide coaching to Junior Associates and Associates.
• To work independently on complex projects.
• Emphasize customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development.
• To build, monitor, maintain CI/CD pipeline automation environments, assist the application development team to adopt and leverage CI/CD pipeline for code deployments.
• Taking the ownership of the end-to-end DevOps activities of allocated applications.
• Deploy updates and fixes and provide responsive support and troubleshoot issues faced during application deployments as needed.

Role Requirements

• 6-8 years of demonstrated software development experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST API.
• Hands on experience with tools like Jenkins, Git, Docker, CI/CD, NoSQL and RDBMS concepts, and AWS cloud platform.
• Strong knowledge with DevOps and tools such as Spinnaker, Artifactory and Shell Scripting.
• Experience in Agile and Iterative development methodologies.
• Hands-on experience as an SRE/DevOps Engineer who manages DevOps activities of applications deployed on AWS with strong experience on containerization.
• Proficiency in developing and implementing web-based solutions.
• Knowledge of architecture design concepts, object-oriented design, and techniques.
• Familiarity with logical and physical database architectures and operating systems.
• Good understanding of security concepts like authentication/authorization (preferably Ping), encryption of data & files and networking concepts like VPNs, Proxy servers, DNS, etc.
• Must be a problem solver with demonstrated experience in solving difficult technological challenges, with a can-do attitude.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact with cross-functional roles.
• Self-starter with ability to multi-task, prioritize, manage workload, and consistently deliver results.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what's next. Western Union is positioned to become the world's most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We're a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you're ready to help drive the future of financial services, it's time for Western Union.

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

We are passionate about diversity. 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.