Senior IT Solutions Architect – Payments & APIs

Viseca; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic development opportunities

Home office possibility

Attractive employment conditions

Job summary

Viseca in Zurich seeks a Senior Solution Architect to shape the future of digital payments. You will define reference architectures, lead architectural governance, and bridge business needs with secure, scalable IT solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and partner banks, driving modernization across cashless payment processing, risk management platforms, and integration strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level or higher with a strong foundation in computer science and architecture.
• Proven track record designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with financial services infrastructure and payment processing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural initiatives across integration, API design, event-driven systems, and security.
• Bridge gaps between platform strategies and operating model; govern architecture standards.
• Collaborate with security teams on Zero Trust, threat modeling, and compliance (FINMA, PCI DSS).
• Lead modernization efforts and ensure scalable, resilient architectures in payments ecosystems.

Skills

English-German communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Solution architecture

Education

University degree in CS or related field (ETH/Uni/FH)

Tools

OpenAPI

REST

gRPC

Kafka

LeanIX

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure/GCP/AWS

Job description

Viseca in Zurich seeks a Senior Solution Architect to shape the future of digital payments. You will define reference architectures, lead architectural governance, and bridge business needs with secure, scalable IT solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and partner banks, driving modernization across cashless payment processing, risk management platforms, and integration strategies.