Application Architect in Austin, TX

Western Union•Austin, TX

2d•$125,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an Application Architect with a strong background in designing and delivering scalable, microservices-based platforms and modern cloud-native solutions. This role involves driving business transformation through AI-driven innovation, developer productivity platforms (DevEx), and data-centric architectures. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of working with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance systems, embedding AI-assisted development workflows, and improving engineering velocity through automation, CI/CD, and intelligent tooling. You will be responsible for aligning technology strategies with business goals to deliver measurable outcomes in quality, efficiency, and customer experience. This is a hands-on coding architect position where you will work with engineering and business partners to define and build complex solutions that drive value through business process simplification, automation, new product capabilities, and AI-driven innovations. You will demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions aligned with modern AI and data-driven technology standards. The role includes leading product solutioning for end-to-end new innovations, embedding AI capabilities into core product workflows with iterative improvements, and architecting and enabling developer experience platforms (DevEx) that incorporate AI tooling for coding, debugging, code review, and knowledge discovery. A strong emphasis will be placed on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development. You will establish best practices for AI-driven developer efficiency, including automated code generation, intelligent testing, documentation generation, and refactoring. The role requires a proven ability to improve developer productivity through AI-assisted coding practices, including code generation, automated unit test creation, and documentation synthesis. Experience defining governance and guardrails for AI-assisted development, including code quality, security, and compliance considerations, is essential. Familiarity with integrating AI tools into developer workflows (IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, code review systems) and the ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI productivity platforms to enhance engineering velocity and efficiency are also key.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science or related fields with 5+ years of professional experience or MS with 3+ years of experience or equivalent work experience.
Proven ability to understand business 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
Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D
Demonstrated experience in programming languages (for example, Java/Python) and design patterns
Hands-on experience in building microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Financial Services domain
Experience working with global teams in delivering solutions for APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and North America

Responsibilities

Hands-on coding architect working with engineering and business partners to define and build out complex solutions driving value through business process simplification, automation and new product capabilities and AI-driven innovations
Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions aligned with modern AI and data-driven technology standards
Lead product solutioning end-to-end new innovations, including embedding AI capabilities into core product workflows with iterative improvements
Architect and enable developer experience platforms (DevEx) that incorporate AI tooling for coding, debugging, code review, and knowledge discovery
Establish best practices for AI-driven developer efficiency, including automated code generation, intelligent testing, documentation generation, and refactoring
Proven ability to improve developer productivity through AI-assisted coding practices, including code generation, automated unit test creation, and documentation synthesis
Experience defining governance and guardrails for AI-assisted development, including code quality, security, and compliance considerations
Familiarity with integrating AI tools into developer workflows (IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, code review systems)
Ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI productivity platforms to enhance engineering velocity and efficiency