Senior Payments Solution Architect: API, Security & Scale

Linnk Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Linnk Group in Riyadh seeks a Payments Solution Architect to design scalable, secure payment integrations across banking and financial services, focusing on the Saudi networks.

You will lead end-to-end architectures for initiation through settlement, integrating with FIS IST/Cortex/Apex, Mada, SADAD, Visa, Mastercard, SWIFT, and NCR/ATM platforms, while ensuring PCI DSS and secure messaging standards. You will guide cross-functional teams and shaping the technology roadmap.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of architecture experience in banking/payments.
• Strong hands-on in payment processing and switching.
• FIS IST experience; Cortex/Apex preferred.
• Knowledge of Saudi Payments / Mada, SADAD, Visa, Mastercard, SWIFT.
• Experience with NCR/ATM architecture and transaction processing.
• REST/SOAP APIs, ISO 8583/20022, MQ/messaging, and middleware.
• Understanding of PCI DSS and secure integration.
• Arabic preferred; English mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end payment architectures across initiation to settlement.
• Lead integration architecture across FIS platforms and global schemes.
• Define APIs, messaging, security controls, and data flows.
• Collaborate with business, product, engineering, and external providers.
• Provide technical leadership for modernization and roadmaps.

Skills

Payments architecture

Payment processing

APIs (REST/SOAP)

ISO 8583/ISO 20022

PCI DSS security

Enterprise architecture

Saudia Arabia payments ecosystem

FIS IST/Cortex/Apex

ATM/NCR architecture

Tools

FIS IST

FIS Cortex/Apex

NCR ATM

Job description

Linnk Group in Riyadh seeks a Payments Solution Architect to design scalable, secure payment integrations across banking and financial services, focusing on the Saudi networks.

You will lead end-to-end architectures for initiation through settlement, integrating with FIS IST/Cortex/Apex, Mada, SADAD, Visa, Mastercard, SWIFT, and NCR/ATM platforms, while ensuring PCI DSS and secure messaging standards. You will guide cross-functional teams and shaping the technology roadmap.