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We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect with a strong focus on Payments Architecture to help design and deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions across our fuel, EV charging, and convenience retail business.
Youll focus on detailed solution design and technical architecture within the payments domain, supporting both consumer-facing and in-store ecosystems. This includes POS systems, payment gateways, and integrations with acquirers, issuers, and third-party providers. You will design end-to-end payment flows (authorization, clearing, settlement) and ensure alignment with industry standards and security requirements.
This role is ideal for an experienced Architect who brings solid hands-on expertise, thrives in delivery-focused environments, and is ready to take ownership of solutions for focused projects or components within larger products/programmes. You will work closely with technical leads and delivery teams to translate complex payment requirements into robust digital solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Solution Design & Delivery
- Design detailed, modular solution architectures with a strong emphasis on payment systems and integrations.
- Lead the solution design for small-to-medium payment initiatives or contribute to larger architecture workstreams.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high-quality implementation aligned with architecture principles and payment domain requirements.
- Deliver Solution Architecture artefacts including sequence diagrams, payment flows, interface contracts, deployment models, and integration designs.
Technology & Standards
- Apply MACH principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) and cloud-native design approaches, ideally with AWS services.
- Ensure payment solutions align with industry standards such as PCI-DSS, EMV, ISO 8583, and tokenization practices.
- Build foundational elements like security,
observability, resiliency, and integration into all solutions.
- Work within defined architecture standards, helping evolve reusable patterns and frameworks within the payments domain.
Collaboration & Delivery Enablement
- Partner with business and technology teams to understand payment requirements and define pragmatic solutions.
- Support agile delivery teams by providing ongoing architectural guidance during implementation.
- Translate architectural decisions into actionable technical designs and development tasks.
Compliance & Risk Management
- Embed security and compliance standards (e.g., PCI-DSS, encryption, data protection) into all solution builds.
- Identify risks in payment processing and integrations early, proposing mitigation strategies aligned with governance frameworks.
Qualifications Technical & Professional Skills
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
- At least 3-5 years in hands-on solution architecture or technical leadership roles.
- Strong experience crafting and delivering payment architectures in retail or digital ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of digital payments and retail payment systems, including authorization, clearing, and settlement flows.
- Experience integrating with POS systems, payment gateways, acquirers, issuers, and third-party providers.
- Familiarity with payment standards and protocols such as PCI-DSS, EMV, ISO 8583, and tokenization.
- Exposure to modern payment trends including contactless payments, digital wallets, real-time payments,
and API-driven ecosystems.
- Experience designing solutions using cloud-native architectures, ideally on AWS.
- Proficient in integration design patterns, API architecture (REST, event-driven), and microservices.
- Good understanding of architecture domains (application, data, infrastructure, integration, and security).
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery models.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate trade-offs and present clear recommendations.
- Experience in one or more relevant domains: Payment processing, Retail Site/Store systems, EV charging, Supply chain, or Consumer-facing applications (web/mobile).
Desirable
- Experience in Mobility & Convenience (M&C;) or retail payments ecosystems.
- Exposure to emerging payment technologies or trends.
- Familiarity with IFSF (International Forecourt Standards Forum) standards for fuel and retail payment environments (preferred but not mandatory).
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred but not mandatory).
What Sets You Apart
- Strong domain expertise in payments combined with solid architecture fundamentals.
- Passion for engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex payment architectures to technical and non-technical audiences.
- A problem-solver who enjoys hands-on involvement and learning by doing.
- Product and customer-centric approach, balancing innovation, compliance, and execution.
Why Join Us
- Shape payment experiences across fuel, EV charging, and retail convenience journeys.
- Work with a modern tech stack, experienced architecture teams, and global delivery partners.
- Learn and grow in an workplace that values technical depth, autonomy, and creativity.
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