Senior Solutions Architect

Publicis Sapient; Colombia; Remote; MXN 2,552,000 - 3,573,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect in the Philippines to lead global payments architecture and modernize enterprise-grade payment platforms. The role requires deep expertise in payments and a proven track record of redesigning payment systems. Responsibilities include defining architecture for scalable payment platforms and ensuring compliance with regional regulations. Candidates must have 14+ years of relevant experience and demonstrate leadership in large-scale transformations.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure architecture.
• Proven track record redesigning or modernizing enterprise-grade global payment platforms.
• Strong expertise in authorization, settlement, and reconciliation cycles.
• Strong expertise in API-driven payment flows, authorization, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Experience with card-present and card-not-present architectures, tokenization and PCI-compliant design.
• Experience building multi-region, multi-currency payment systems.
• Strong background in event-driven systems and secure cloud architectures.
• Demonstrated leadership in large-scale transformation programs.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture for a modern, scalable payment platform.
• Architect integrations across multiple PSPs and gateways.
• Define secure handling strategies for sensitive payment data.
• Define secure handling strategies for card data, ensuring PCI DSS and regional regulatory alignment.
• Design robust APIs and microservices for diverse payment flows; implement idempotency and high availability.
• Establish observability, monitoring, alerts, audit trails, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Act as architectural authority across Product, Engineering, Treasury, and Operations; lead due diligence.
• Translate business strategy and regulatory requirements into clear technical roadmaps.

Skills

Payments architecture

API-driven payment flows

Event-driven systems

Tokenization

PCI-compliant design

Card-present / Card-not-present

Tokenization & PCI design

Multi-region, multi-currency

Event-driven architectures

Leadership in large-scale programs

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect with deep expertise in global payments architecture to lead the re-architecture of a mission-critical, multi-region payment ecosystem.

This role requires a hands-on architectural leader who combines strong technical depth in payment systems with the ability to influence stakeholders, guide engineering teams, and drive large-scale transformation. The technology stack is flexible — what matters most is your proven experience designing, scaling, and modernizing enterprise-grade payment platforms in PCI-sensitive environments.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping a secure, API-first, multi-provider payment architecture that supports global operations and high-value transactions.

Your Impact

Lead Global Payments Architecture

Own the end-to-end architecture for a modern, scalable, secure payment platform supporting multiple regions and currencies. Define the target-state architecture across authorization, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and transaction lifecycle management.

Architect integrations across multiple PSPs, acquirers, and gateways. Design intelligent routing and orchestration layers that optimize performance, cost, resiliency, and regional compliance.

Own Security & Compliance by Design

Define secure handling strategies for cardholder and sensitive payment data, including tokenization and vaulting. Ensure alignment with PCI DSS, PSD2, 3DS2, and other regional regulatory requirements.

Build API-First & Event-Driven Architectures

Design robust APIs and microservices supporting card-present, card-not-present, B2B credit, and alternative payment flows. Implement idempotency, retry logic, traceability, and high-availability patterns.

Drive Scalability & Operational Resilience

Define architecture patterns that support high-volume global transactions. Establish observability, monitoring, alerting, audit trails, failover strategies, and disaster recovery readiness.

Provide Technical & Organizational Leadership

Act as the architectural authority across Product, Engineering, Treasury, and Operations. Lead vendor evaluations and technical due diligence. Translate business strategy and regulatory requirements into clear technical roadmaps.

Skills & Experience

• 14+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure architecture
• Proven track record redesigning or modernizing enterprise-grade global payment platforms
• Deep hands-on experience with PSPs, acquirers, and payment gateways
• Strong expertise in:
• API-driven payment flows
• Authorization, settlement, and reconciliation cycles
• Card-present and card-not-present architectures
• Tokenization, vaulting, and PCI-compliant design
• Experience building multi-region, multi-currency payment systems
• Strong background in event-driven systems and secure cloud architectures
• Demonstrated leadership in large-scale transformation programs

Set Yourself Apart With

• Experience in aviation, travel, fleet, or fuel card ecosystems
• Multi-country regulatory expertise across US, EU, and LATAM
• Experience implementing B2B credit or direct billing workflows
• Leadership experience in global payment modernization initiatives

This position is available for candidate based in LATAM only