Senior Cards & Payments Solution Architect - Dubai

Synechron; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a Solution Architect (Cards & Payments) in Dubai to lead end-to-end payment solution designs for card issuing, acquiring, and e-commerce. The role demands deep experience in payments technology, architecture, and client-facing engagement with a focus on regulatory alignment and live production migrations.

Ideal candidates will bring 12+ years in payments, strong leadership and communication skills, and familiarity with local market rules.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in payments technology, solution architecture, or presales.
• Experience designing or architectures for payment platforms across issuing/acquiring processing.
• Knowledge of payment scheme rules, regulatory frameworks, and local market considerations.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end payment solution architectures spanning card issuing, acquiring processing, e-commerce, and operations.
• Translate client business requirements and regulatory context into target-state architectures and phased strategy.
• Assess existing client platforms and define migration, integration, and interoperability approaches with minimal disruption to live operations.
• Ensure regulatory alignment with local schemes and routing requirements in design, coordinating with compliance where needed.
• Demonstrate strong end-to-end knowledge of payment ecosystems including card issuing, acquiring, e-commerce, and payments operations.

Skills

Payments architecture

Client-facing

Platform migration

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/IS

Job description

Synechron is seeking a Solution Architect (Cards & Payments) in Dubai to lead end-to-end payment solution designs for card issuing, acquiring, and e-commerce. The role demands deep experience in payments technology, architecture, and client-facing engagement with a focus on regulatory alignment and live production migrations.

Ideal candidates will bring 12+ years in payments, strong leadership and communication skills, and familiarity with local market rules.