Job Description

Are you a passionate Application Architect that wants to problem solve for a leading global fortune 500 company?  Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it is time to join Western Union as an Application Architect in our Risk and Compliance Engineering group. 

Western Union powers your pursuit.

In this pivotal role, you will be a major contributor in Risk and Compliance team designing solutions in Financial Domain.  You will be playing a key role in building new capabilities and enhancing existing ones. You will learn how to manage large and complex systems with stringent response time SLA while processing large volumes of data.

Role Responsibilities

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.
Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.
Lead product solutioning end to end for new innovations with iterative improvements.
Collaborate with peer and cross functional teams across the globe.
Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development.
Experience in estimating engineering effort, implementation plan, deployment plans, and deployment strategy to productionize applications with cross-functional and cross-regional impacts.
Identify and evaluate Compliance especially AML, KYC, PEP, and Sanctions business needs and solutions for new strategic initiatives, existing products, and channels.
Apply data science principles and/or business process re-engineering principles to help identify innovative solutions in the key Financial Crimes/Fraud areas and other compliance and Risk areas.

Role Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields with 5+ years of professional experience or MS with 3+ years of experience
Proven ability to understand business needs and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements.
Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.
Experience with architecture design concepts and techniques and the ability to communicate and evangelize those concepts to internal stakeholders and external partners.
Must have extensive hands-on experience in technologies: Java, J2EE/JEE/Springboot and SQL Databases
Must be proficient with designing data models
Excellent knowledge of algorithms and design patterns
Nice to have experience with NoSQL DB, Drools Rules Engine, Fico rules engine, PostgreSQL, Amazon web services (including ECS, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch), Mulesoft Any point Platform, REST APIs Designing, Telalend ETL, JMeter, Git, Swagger Hub, Snowflake, ELK, Postman, Kibana dashboard, IBM Global Name Recognition (GNR).
Hands-on experience to create flow diagrams, sequence diagram and process flows
Experience with application and SQL performance tuning
Being comfortable in Unix/Linux environment
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Salary

The annual gross base salary range is $120,000.00 – 140,000.00.   Total on target compensation includes a base salary and short-term bonus (15% of base), incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates’ qualifications, skills, and competencies.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few
(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your United States – specific benefits include:

Family First Program
Flexible Time off
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Student Loan Repayment Program
Tuition Assistance Program
Parental Leave

We are passionate about 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 based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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