Western Union

Senior Architect, Software Engineering — Gateway Platform

USA TX - Austin - 11902 Burnet Rd · Senior · Full-time

No sponsorship$155k-$180kDetected 14 days ago

JavaSpringCode ReviewGitNoSQLPostgreSQLCassandraAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTKafkaAgileLeadershipCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Work Shift HYBRID - Western Union values in-person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible.

Lead the architectural design of APIs used by Western Union's partners to initiate money transfers, bill payments, money orders, and other financial activities.
Drive the migration of partner integrations from legacy SOAP-based services to modern RESTful APIs, including client onboarding, versioning strategy, and deprecation planning.
Define and govern API design standards - including versioning, backward compatibility, contracts, error handling, and developer experience - across the Gateway platform.
Build applications, workflow automations, internal tools, and basic agents using AI coding agents within Western Union's product and platform areas.
Drive engineering excellence through Agile methodologies, TDD, thorough code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
Support engineering incidents and releases.
5+ years of professional experience building backend applications and microservices using Java and Spring Boot framework (including Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Security).
Previously lead a SOAP-to-REST migration.
Experience in Payments, FinTech, or Financial Services domains - particularly with partner or third-party API ecosystems.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
You bring deep technical expertise and the leadership to match: writing code alongside your team, setting the standards they work within, and shaping the culture that makes it all sustainable.
Bachelor's in computer science or related fields with 10+ years of professional experience or master's with 8+ years of experience.
Experience with event-driven integrations using Apache Kafka, JMS, or equivalent Pub/Sub frameworks.
Professional experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with observability and monitoring frameworks (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar).
Professional experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and/or NoSQL data stores.
As part of the application process, all applicants are required to take assessments.

Hands-on experience with AI coding agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) in a production engineering context.
Experience with API gateway platforms (AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Kong, or similar).
Experience with NoSQL databases (Couchbase, Cassandra, or similar).
The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

Annual base salary range is $155,000 - 180,000 USD per year.
Total on-target compensation includes a base salary and short-term that align with individual and company performance.

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few
( https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/ ).
Your United States - Specific Benefits Include
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Parental Leave
One day volunteer time off
Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers.

The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

This listing is sourced directly from Western Union's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.