Job Description

Senior Software Engineering Cloud Architect – Denver, Colorado

Are you a Senior Software Engineering Cloud Architect who thrives in designing and transforming systems and applications?  Have you led the design of a Cloud transformation?  Be part of our cloud transformation journey delivered using SAFe and ensure our compliance systems are best in class.   Work with a great team!  Come join the global platform team as a Senior Software Engineering Cloud Architect and help lead and rebuild Western Union’s core applications in the cloud! 

Motivated by our values: purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful

We’re a FinTech that’s using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We’re a team of over 10,000 people spanning 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Relentless pursuit of Better

In this role, you will work with engineering and business partners to define and build out complex solutions driving value through business process simplification, automation and new product capabilities and innovations.  You will be able to demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.  You will lead product solutioning end to end for new innovations with iterative improvements.  You will collaborate with peer and cross functional teams across the globe.  You will have a strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development.  You will be a culture champion on the team and across the company.  You have a track record of successful software architecture design and implementation. 

For this role, you will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields with 10+ years of professional experience or Master’s Degree with 8+ years of experience.  You will have proven ability to understand the business and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements.  You can demonstrate capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.  You have experience with architecture design concepts and techniques and the ability to communicate and evangelize those concepts to internal stakeholders and external partners.  You have excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D.  You demonstrate experience in modern programming languages (for example, Java/C++) and design patterns.  You have hands-on experience in building a microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale.  You also have hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, XML, Web technologies, Web Services.  You have worked in an Agile development methodology with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery).  Financial Services industry experience is a plus.  You have experience in Cloud (AWS/Azure/Google or Hybrid) based architecture designs and implementations.

Join us, and let’s connect the world

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It’s an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you’re ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.

We’re a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.

We are passionate about our diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams, while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.