Solution Architect
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Job description
As a Senior Solution Architect, you will lead the design and evolution of enterprise-grade solutions across Merchant Acquiring, covering Authorisations, Terminal integrations, Transaction routing, Merchant Account Maintenance, Settlement, and Clearing. You will ensure scalable, secure, cloud-based, resilient, and performant architecture that supports global payment flows and merchant experiences. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong stakeholder engagement across engineering, product, and operations., Architecture Leadership
- Define and maintain end-to-end solution architecture for Authorisations, Terminal platforms, and transaction routing services.
- Align designs with enterprise architecture principles and payment acceptance strategy.
- Drive decisions balancing scalability, resilience, and time-to-market.
Technical Design & Governance
- Produce architecture artefacts: solution blueprints, sequence diagrams, integration models, and network topology models.
- Lead design reviews and ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and performance standards.
- Collaborate with InfoSec and Risk teams to embed controls into designs.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, and Business Analysts to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Engage external vendors and internal platform teams for seamless terminal and routing integration.
- Act as technical authority in workshops, steering committees, and delivery squads.
Domain Expertise
- Provide expertise in payment authorisation flows, EMV standards, terminal protocols (ISO 8583, NEXO), and transaction routing logic.
- Stay current with trends in payment technologies, acquirer networks, and merchant onboarding.
Delivery Enablement
- Support agile teams with architecture guidance, technical spikes, and backlog refinement.
- Ensure architecture is documented and communicated across delivery teams.
- Contribute to scalability and performance tuning initiatives.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Solution architecture?, * Extensive experience in solution architecture within payments, fintech, or retail systems.
- Strong understanding of payment authorisation protocols, terminal integrations, and transaction routing.
- Proven experience designing solutions using microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
- Expertise in resilient cloud-based architecture and domain-driven design.
- Knowledge of transaction routing and network topologies.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.