Solution Architect (SME)

Title: Solutions Architect location: Denver, CO
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end design and architecture of payment routing and processing solutions
• Act as a Payment Domain SME, collaborating with business, engineering, and third-party vendors
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing payment platforms
• Define routing strategies, workflows, and integration approaches
• Conduct architecture reviews and solution walkthroughs
• Ensure compliance with PCI DSS and enterprise security standards

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience in payment processing lifecycle (authorization, clearing, settlement, reconciliation)
• Expertise in payment routing, decisioning, and rule-based engines
• Hands-on experience with payment gateways, acquirers, and processors
• Experience with cards, digital wallets, and alternative payment methods
• Strong background in solution architecture and large-scale system design
• Good understanding of security, compliance, and PCI standards
• Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership skills

• Leads the product team from a technical and architectural perspective to deliver desired services with associated service levels
  Ownership and implementation of the technology vision across departments for given products/initiatives
  Ensure execution plans are aligned with business goals
  Enable the research and evaluation of new technology and new architectural and software designs
  Keep abreast with the latest trends and knowledge within technology space and deliver meaningful user experiences
  Drive technological innovation, enabling technology refreshes and selection of alternative technologies; leveraging changing usage and trends in the industry
  Evangelize and drive change across the organization; influencing leadership both within the Product teams and rest of the organization
  Drive the adoption of Architectural standards across the organization
  Ensure identification, analysis and resolution of systemic technical issues
  Lead creation and delivery of proof-of-concept and near production-ready code prototypes; demonstrating new technologies or design patterns to other technology teams
  Leverage technical experience to mentor and coach team members; build next layer of Product Architecture leadership to attract and retain the best technology talent
  Enable team collaboration working with cross-functional teams, demonstrated by working effectively with global /distributed teams building global applications
  Enable efficient employment and recruitment activities, while providing coaching and guidance to a team of Product Architecture professionals and promoting staff training and development
  Set OKRs and success steps for self/ team and providing feedback of goals for team members