Job Description

Are you motivated by a desire to solve challenging IT engineering problems? How about offering up your technical skills in a global business that is committed to moving money for better? Join Western Union as an Application Architect.

Motivated by our values: purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful

We’re a FinTech that’s using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We’re a team of over 10,000 people spanning 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Better is enabled by trust and respect

You will partner with Product, Business and Operations teams, as well as other IT teams (internal and external) to analyze requirements and be responsible for development of solutions for portfolio. You will be responsible for technical design, working with SMEs and Architects to deliver sound solutions for the provided requirements including diagramming and creating clear representations of the design. Additionally, you will Interact with development teams for a portfolio, leveraging an off-shore/on-shore resource model while utilizing agile and waterfall methodologies, ensure assigned projects are delivered on time and coordinated with the dependent systems and ensure adherence to established standards.

For such a detailed-driven role, you will have a BS in Computer Science or related fields with a minimum of 8 years of experience or an MS with a minimum of 6 years of experience. You will have demonstrated experience using agile tools (Confluence, JIRA) and solution representation tools (Visio, Lucid Charts) and be able to lead application architecture and design, databases, application hosting (on-prem and Cloud with preference to AWS).

To succeed in this role, you will possess an understanding of the processes and tools used in automated as well as manual deployments (Jenkins, Bamboo, Ansible Rundeck). Lastly, proven success with technical concepts of building enterprise application platform using Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, modern HTML5/JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React), SQL/No SQL databases and their use in cloud is essential.

Join us, and let’s move money for better

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It’s an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you’re ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.

We’re a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.

At Western Union, we are passionate about our 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 on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status.

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