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Western Union · 2 months ago

Application Architect, Software Engineering

USA - CO - Denver

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$224K/yr - $262K/yr

5+ years exp

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company, transforming lives and communities. They are seeking an Application Architect to architect, design, and implement complex software systems while collaborating with various teams to assess business needs and provide effective solutions.

Financial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInternetMobile PaymentsPayments

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Responsibilities

Architect, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process

Develop and document software architecture pertaining to the enterprise CDN, including defining components, interfaces, and data flow

Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards by working with business team, development team and other key stakeholders

Execute to success through diligent planning, attention to detail, effective delegation, and efficient decision-making, and routinely interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers by evaluating and recommending appropriate technologies, framework, and tools for application development and its integration with enterprise CDN

Develop technical and domain expertise and apply it to solving product challenges, as well as perform thorough configuration reviews by ensuring applications are designed for optimal performance, scalability and security over the edge

Leverage experience with HTTP, XML, JSON, JavaScript; hands-on experience in Web technologies, Web Services, Content Delivery Network (CDN); experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery) to meet business needs

Make appropriate product and business trade-offs and give technology direction that leads to measurable product and business outcomes

Participate in customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development

Perform thorough code and configuration reviews and estimate engineering eﬀort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts

Estimate engineering eﬀort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts

Adhere to standards, implement policies and establish guidelines surrounding infrastructure and network as needed

Qualification

Software ArchitectureJavaAgile MethodologiesRESTful ServicesOOPUnit TestingHTTPXMLJSONJavaScriptTest Driven DevelopmentContinuous IntegrationContinuous Delivery

Required

Bachelor's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related field

5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any occupation/position/job title involving performing software engineering

5 years of professional experience contributing to business technology direction to drive measurable business improvements

5 years of professional experience utilizing OOPs

5 years of professional experience utilizing modern programming languages including Java

5 years of professional experience assessing business needs

5 years of professional experience with unit testing, HTTP, XML, JSON, and JavaScript

5 years of professional experience consuming RESTful and SOAP based web services

5 years of professional experience utilizing agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery)

Benefits

Short-term incentives

Multiple health insurance options

Accident and life insurance

Access to best-in-class development platforms

Company

Western Union

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Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world.

Founded in 1851

Englewood, Colorado, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://westernunion.com

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