Global KYC Architect: Cloud-Native Solutions Lead

312 Western Union, LLC; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K Plan

Tuition Assistance

Parental Leave

Employee Discount

Life Insurance

Job summary

The Western Union Company in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Architect, Solution Engineering to spearhead the design, modernization, and global operation of KYC and regulatory compliance platforms. You will translate regulatory requirements into secure, scalable solutions leveraging Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, and microservices, with strong emphasis on observability and audit-ready data lineage.

You'll drive proof-of-concept efforts, cloud adoption, and platform modernization across regions,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or large-scale application design.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building cloud-native applications and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and modern software engineering practices.
• 5+ years of experience designing and deploying solutions on AWS (or other major cloud platforms), including cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and enterprise-scale integrations.
• 2+ years of experience leading or participating in proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives that validate architecture strategies, technology decisions, and modernization approaches.
• 4+ years of experience designing and integrating enterprise platforms, including vendor solutions, third-party APIs, and distributed application ecosystems.
• 4+ years of experience designing microservices architectures, API-first solutions, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• 4+ years of experience designing highly available, resilient, observable, and scalable distributed systems.
• 3+ years of experience establishing observability strategies, monitoring frameworks, logging standards, alerting capabilities, and operational excellence practices.
• 4+ years of experience working with AWS services, Kafka, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and cloud-native operational tooling.
• 4+ years of experience creating architecture documentation, solution designs, technology roadmaps, process flows, system interaction diagrams, and executive-level technical presentations.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with technologies such as Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, or similar enterprise platforms.
• 1+ years of experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, to analyze requirements, identify architectural trade-offs, and recommend optimized technology choices that improve solution quality and reduce delivery risk.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, evolution, and modernization of global KYC and compliance platforms.
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions.
• Lead POC initiatives to validate architecture patterns and migration approaches.
• Drive cloud adoption, microservices orchestration, and legacy modernization programs.
• Establish architecture standards for service boundaries, API governance, observability, and data lineage.
• Mentor engineering teams on CI/CD, production readiness, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, engineering, architecture, and vendor teams to support growth and regulatory obligations.
• Influence architecture standards and best practices across organizations.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

Java / Spring Boot

AWS

Microservices

Observability

Data lineage

Architecture governance

POC leadership

AI-assisted engineering

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk

Dynatrace

CloudWatch

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Snowflake

Job description

The Western Union Company in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Architect, Solution Engineering to spearhead the design, modernization, and global operation of KYC and regulatory compliance platforms. You will translate regulatory requirements into secure, scalable solutions leveraging Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, and microservices, with strong emphasis on observability and audit-ready data lineage.

You'll drive proof-of-concept efforts, cloud adoption, and platform modernization across regions,