Application Architect

Western Union • Austin, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Application Architect - Austin, Texas Are you ready to unleash your potential in a global business that is committed to making financial services accessible to people everywhere? Western Union powers your pursuit. Role Responsibilities Proactively collect IT project requirements from the business units, product teams, and external teams. Design solutions leveraging industry standard frameworks and technologies. Apply industry best practices to develop software components that are reliable, efficient, secure and extensible. Conduct comprehensive application testing using both White-Box and Black-Box methodologies. Support project implementation and deployment by fostering communication and collaboration among developers, QA teams, IT operations, and business/product stakeholders. Deliver production support in complex environments, ensuring rapid issue identification, analysis, and resolution. Participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis and fraud investigations. Generate business analytics and intelligence reports to support data-driven decision-making. Review architectural and design documentation to ensure alignment with project goals. Participate in code reviews, walkthroughs, and inspections to maintain code quality. Collaborate with leadership, cloud operations, and development teams to create accurate project estimates. Provide cross-functional support to QA teams, advising on project scope, testing strategies, business impact, environment setup, and defect resolution. Take full ownership of development coordination, issue resolution, and end-to-end project execution. Mentor developers, QA engineers, technical support and operations personnel. Recommend strategies for enhancing performance, reducing costs, improving user experience, and simplifying maintenance. Telecommuting may be permitted up to 3 days per week. When not telecommuting, must report to Western Union LLC at 11902 Burnet Road, Suite 350, Austin, TX 78758. Role Requirements Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electronic or Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, or any occupation/position/job title performing software development. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of experience, the employer will accept a Master's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electronic or Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 3 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, or any occupation/position/job title performing software development. Must also have experience in the following: 3 years of professional experience utilizing React/Redux or Angular, and SOAP/REST building APIs; 3 years of professional experience utilizing modern technologies and integration architecture disciplines (including hybrid cloud, APIs, streaming technologies, and event-driven systems), troubleshooting applications, and providing implementation utilizing best practices to development; 3 years of professional experience utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and Postgres; 3 years of professional experience utilizing data structures, design patterns, Java, Rest, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, Spring batch, and Kafka; 2 years of professional experience utilizing CI tools including Cloudbees and CD tools including Spinnaker, Jenkins, SonarQube analysis, CheckMarx, XRAY, and Swagger; and 2 years of professional experience in AWS services API Gateway, Fargate, EC2, ALB, NLB, S3, Apache airflow, and Capella. 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/.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electronic or Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, or any occupation/position/job title performing software development.
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of experience, the employer will accept a Master's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electronic or Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 3 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer, Software Developer, Software Engineer, or any occupation/position/job title performing software development.
• Must also have experience in the following: 3 years of professional experience utilizing React/Redux or Angular, and SOAP/REST building APIs; 3 years of professional experience utilizing modern technologies and integration architecture disciplines (including hybrid cloud, APIs, streaming technologies, and event-driven systems), troubleshooting applications, and providing implementation utilizing best practices to development; 3 years of professional experience utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and Postgres; 3 years of professional experience utilizing data structures, design patterns, Java, Rest, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, Spring batch, and Kafka; 2 years of professional experience utilizing CI tools including Cloudbees and CD tools including Spinnaker, Jenkins, SonarQube analysis, CheckMarx, XRAY, and Swagger; and 2 years of professional experience in AWS services API Gateway, Fargate, EC2, ALB, NLB, S3, Apache airflow, and Capella.

Responsibilities

• Proactively collect IT project requirements from the business units, product teams, and external teams.
• Design solutions leveraging industry standard frameworks and technologies.
• Apply industry best practices to develop software components that are reliable, efficient, secure and extensible.
• Conduct comprehensive application testing using both White-Box and Black-Box methodologies.
• Support project implementation and deployment by fostering communication and collaboration among developers, QA teams, IT operations, and business/product stakeholders.
• Deliver production support in complex environments, ensuring rapid issue identification, analysis, and resolution.
• Participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis and fraud investigations.
• Generate business analytics and intelligence reports to support data-driven decision-making.
• Review architectural and design documentation to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Participate in code reviews, walkthroughs, and inspections to maintain code quality.
• Collaborate with leadership, cloud operations, and development teams to create accurate project estimates.
• Provide cross-functional support to QA teams, advising on project scope, testing strategies, business impact, environment setup, and defect resolution.
• Take full ownership of development coordination, issue resolution, and end-to-end project execution.
• Mentor developers, QA engineers, technical support and operations personnel.
• Recommend strategies for enhancing performance, reducing costs, improving user experience, and simplifying maintenance.

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/).
• Referral Bonus - $1,000 (Subject to Employee Referral Policy). Eligible to internal employees only.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level