AI-Driven Software Architect for FinTech Platforms

Western Union; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical Insurance

Tuition Assistance Program

Student Loan Repayment

Parental Leave

Volunteer time off

Discount on Money Transfers

Recognition Program

Employee Discount Program

Adoption Assistance

401K plan

Job summary

Western Union seeks a Software Engineering Architect in Atlanta to guide AI-powered software delivery across global money movement platforms. You will lead AI agents, design scalable architectures, and coordinate with product, operations, risk, and compliance to ship secure, reliable software.

Role emphasizes hands-on AI tooling, modern microservices, secure coding, and production readiness in regulated settings. Hybrid work from the office at least three days weekly.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience; bachelor’s with 7+ years software development experience; including 2+ years as a solution or technical lead in medium to large organizations.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding agents to build or speed software delivery.
• Skilled in writing effective prompts, iterating with AI tools, and validating AI outputs for production.
• Strong full-stack knowledge: frontend, backend, APIs, data, cloud, and infrastructure.
• Experience with modern architectures: web apps, APIs, databases, event-driven systems, queues, automation, microservices.
• Experience with Java/J2EE, web tech, web services, and frontend frameworks like Angular or React.
• Strong grasp of secure coding, privacy, compliance, reliability, observability, and production readiness in regulated settings.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-assisted apps, workflow automations, internal tools, and lightweight agents across product and platform areas.
• Translate customer, agent, and business needs into clear specs and end-to-end production solutions.
• Use AI to speed up modernization, testing, documentation, observability, and productivity.
• Review AI-generated code and designs to ensure security, privacy, compliance, reliability, and quality.
• Track system adoption, usage, conversion, errors, customer friction, and operational outcomes.
• Design and maintain scalable, secure, fault-tolerant architectures for high-volume financial transactions.
• Lead architecture reviews, proofs-of-concept, and design discussions across teams.
• Develop integrations with risk, compliance orchestration, third-party platforms, and digital channels.
• Build and maintain compliance back-office solutions like transaction monitoring, controls, reconciliation, and reporting.

Skills

AI coding agents

Full-stack development

Angular/React

Java/J2EE

Prompts for AI tools

Security/compliance

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years software development experience

Tools

Angular

React

REST APIs

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Job description

Western Union seeks a Software Engineering Architect in Atlanta to guide AI-powered software delivery across global money movement platforms. You will lead AI agents, design scalable architectures, and coordinate with product, operations, risk, and compliance to ship secure, reliable software.

Role emphasizes hands-on AI tooling, modern microservices, secure coding, and production readiness in regulated settings. Hybrid work from the office at least three days weekly.