Solutions Architect

Jobtailor

Arizona

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to map complex payment flows and architect end-to-end solutions using VGS capabilities. You will lead technical discovery with customers, drive architecture decisions, and deliver diagrams, demos, and PoCs across RFIs and RFPs.

You will collaborate with merchant teams and engineers, ensure PCI DSS compliance, and translate feedback into the product roadmap, while guiding multi-PSP and payment-portability strategies to scale secure payments.

Qualifications

5+ years in solutions architecture or related technical customer-facing roles.
Experience with large-scale card or credential migrations.
Experience with multi-PSP, payment orchestration, processor-routing, or portability strategies.
Background at merchant, PSP, processor, acquirer, issuer, card network, or payment infra company.
Knowledge of PCI DSS, data security, privacy, and compliance architecture.
Proficiency with web services, APIs, and full-stack development.
Ability to understand how many technologies and systems interact.
Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to create clear technical solution diagrams.
Ability to structure and present sales/executive decks.
Ability to write production-grade code samples in Python, JavaScript, Java, or Ruby.
Strong collaboration, interpersonal, negotiation, and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

Conduct technical discovery with customers, Sales, and Account Management to clarify goals, requirements, risks, and gaps.
Map payment flows across merchants, PSPs, processors, acquirers, networks, wallets, and third parties.
Architect solutions using VGS capabilities including vaulting, card management, and tokens.
Guide customers on PCI scope reduction, credential portability, resiliency, and scaling.
Identify technical and commercial risks early.
Lead technical strategy for opportunities from discovery through architecture approval and handoff.
Create and deliver architecture diagrams, proposals, demos, and proofs of concept.
Lead responses for RFIs, RFPs, security reviews, and architecture assessments.
Collaborate with customer engineers on APIs, webhooks, data models, and integrations.
Produce detailed handoffs covering architecture, assumptions, responsibilities, testing, and success metrics.
Provide technical oversight through launch to ensure implementations match approved architectures.
Translate customer/market feedback into input for product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
Develop reusable reference architectures, demos, integration patterns, and enablement assets.
Serve as a payments and technology SME in workshops, briefings, and industry events.

Skills

Solutions Architecture

Payment Security

Full-Stack Development

APIs

Web Services

Python

JavaScript

Java

Ruby

Payment Orchestration

Data Security

PCI DSS Knowledge

Credential Portability

Tools

VGS Capabilities

Vaulting

Card Management

Agentic Tokens

Account Updater

3DS

Wallet Payments

Data Security

Job description

Conduct technical discovery with customers, Sales, and Account Management to clarify business goals, requirements, risks, and product gaps
Map payment flows across merchants, PSPs, processors, acquirers, card networks, wallets, and third parties
Architect solutions using VGS capabilities including vaulting, card management, network and Agentic Tokens, Account Updater, 3DS, wallet payments, account validation, and data security
Guide customers on payment security best practices, PCI scope reduction, credential portability, multi-processor setups, resiliency, and scaling
Identify technical and commercial risks early
Lead technical strategy for qualified opportunities from discovery through architecture approval and implementation handoff
Create and deliver architecture diagrams, proposals, demos, and proofs of concept
Lead responses for RFIs, RFPs, security reviews, and architecture assessments
Collaborate with customer engineers on APIs, webhooks, auth, data models, error handling, and integrations
Produce detailed handoffs covering solution architecture, assumptions, responsibilities, testing, success metrics, and out-of-scope items
Provide technical oversight through launch to ensure implementations match approved architectures
Translate customer and market feedback into input for the VGS product roadmap and go-to-market strategy
Develop reusable reference architectures, demos, integration patterns, and enablement assets
Serve as a payments and technology subject matter expert in workshops, executive briefings, and industry events

Requirements

5+ years of experience across solutions architecture, sales engineering, technical consulting, payment implementation, software engineering, or a similar technical customer-facing role
Experience with large-scale card or credential migrations
Experience with multi-PSP, payment orchestration, processor-routing, or payment portability strategies
Background at a merchant, PSP, processor, acquirer, issuer, card network, or payment infrastructure company
Knowledge of PCI DSS, data security, privacy, and compliance architecture
Proficiency with web services and APIs and full-stack development
Ability to understand how a wide variety of technologies and systems interact
Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to create clear technical solution diagrams
Ability to structure and present sales and executive-level decks
Ability to write production-grade code examples and reference implementations in Python, JavaScript, Java, or Ruby
Strong collaboration, interpersonal, negotiation, and prioritization skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in solutions architecture and payment systems, with a strong focus on PCI compliance, data security, and technical consulting. Proficient in creating technical solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive successful payment implementations.

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