Application Architect Woodcliff Lake, NJ; Denver, CO or Austin, TX - USA

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

Were a FinTech thats using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. Were a team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Relentless pursuit of Better

In this role you will work with Product, Business and Operations teams, as well as other IT teams (internal and external) to define and build out complex solutions driving value through business process simplification, automation and new product capabilities and innovations. You will demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards. You will lead system design and implementation and be the subject matter expert of domain. You will optimize for performance, scalability, reliability, extensibility and total cost of ownership. You will collaborate with peers and cross functional 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. You will have a strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development. You will be a culture champion on the team and across the company.

For this role you will have a bachelors degree in Computer Science or related fields with 5+ years of professional experience or a masters degree with 3+ years of experience. You will have exceptional problem solving and analytical skills/experience. You will have an excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D. You will have experience in on-prem/cloud(AWS/Azure/Google or Hybrid) architectures, microservices, and distributed patterns. You will be able to demonstrated experience in modern programming languages (for example, Java/C++) and design patterns. You will have 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. You will have 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). You will have experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery). It would be nice for you to have experience in Financial Services industry.

Join us, and lets connect the world

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

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

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 (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.

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The annual gross base salary range is $94,085.00 165,733.00. This role is also eligible to receive annual bonus. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. Actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidates qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary is one component of the Western Union total compensation package, which includes short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few! To view details of our benefits, visit https://mywubenefits.com/.