Development Architect

Global Payments Inc.; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Development Architect to join our Engineering team and help shape the future of global commerce within the payments platform. You will lead architecture and design activities across the delivery lifecycle and mentor engineers to apply solid design principles.

The role emphasizes defining technical strategy, setting architectural direction, and driving build‑vs‑buy decisions while collaborating across portfolios to deliver scalable payments solutions.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Participating in the definition and validation of technical guidance (e.g. architecture principles, styles, policies, and standards)
• Coaching and mentoring engineering staff in the effective and pragmatic application of software design principles and coding best practices
• Producing and maintaining useful and fit‑for‑purpose documentation of work, and contributing regularly to the general engineering body of knowledge
• Building a strategic network of partnerships and relationships with individuals inside and outside the engineering organization
• Effectively collaborating with architects on cross‑portfolio and enterprise‑wide initiatives
• Contributing to the definition of technical strategy and formal architecture delivery roadmaps for your assigned portfolio area
• Making architectural decisions that impact the entire distributed payments platform
• Assisting in establishing technical direction with a sound and pragmatic approach
• Monitoring new technologies, applications of technology, and opportunities to leverage technology as a differentiator for your assigned portfolio area
• Pinpointing strengths and weaknesses in the payments platform, and effectively advocating for appropriate solutions to weaknesses
• Communicating direction in terms that are meaningful to individuals and teams across the engineering group
• Contributing to build‑vs‑buy decisions
• Leading architecture and design activities throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Verifying code quality and implementation alignment with design decisions and platform guidance
• Creating architectural mechanisms and core components to address concerns that have platform‑wide impact
• Contributing to the estimation and prioritization of work items
• Participating in coding activities that support design outcomes (up to 50% of the time depending on the project)

Job description

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Development Architect to join our ever evolving Engineering team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What You’ll Own

• Participating in the definition and validation of technical guidance (e.g. architecture principles, styles, policies, and standards)
• Coaching and mentoring engineering staff in the effective and pragmatic application of software design principles and coding best practices
• Producing and maintaining useful and fit‑for‑purpose documentation of work, and contributing regularly to the general engineering body of knowledge
• Building a strategic network of partnerships and relationships with individuals inside and outside the engineering organization
• Effectively collaborating with architects on cross‑portfolio and enterprise‑wide initiatives

Strategic & Enterprise

• Contributing to the definition of technical strategy and formal architecture delivery roadmaps for your assigned portfolio area
• Making architectural decisions that impact the entire distributed payments platform
• Assisting in establishing technical direction with a sound and pragmatic approach
• Monitoring new technologies, applications of technology, and opportunities to leverage technology as a differentiator for your assigned portfolio area
• Pinpointing strengths and weaknesses in the payments platform, and effectively advocating for appropriate solutions to weaknesses
• Communicating direction in terms that are meaningful to individuals and teams across the engineering group
• Contributing to build‑vs‑buy decisions

Delivery

• Leading architecture and design activities throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Verifying code quality and implementation alignment with design decisions and platform guidance
• Creating architectural mechanisms and core components to address concerns that have platform‑wide impact
• Contributing to the estimation and prioritization of work items
• Participating in coding activities that support design outcomes (up to 50% of the time depending on the project)