Software Engineering Architect/Engineer

Western Union•Atlanta, GA

5d•$130,000 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Engineering Architect at Western Union, you will use AI coding agents to accelerate the development, modernization, and improvement of products across global money movement platforms. You will guide AI agents to build applications, workflow automations, internal tools, and basic AI agents that address customer, agent, and operational needs. Working across engineering, product, operations, risk, compliance, and customer care, you will identify friction points and deliver safe, reliable, measurable solutions. The role includes designing scalable, secure, fault-tolerant architectures for high-volume financial transactions and building integrations and compliance back-office solutions. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with a hybrid expectation of at least three days per week in the office. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States; Western Union will not sponsor work visas for this position.

Requirements

Master’s degree with at least 5 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree with at least 7 years of software development experience.
At least 2 years of experience as a solution or technical lead in medium to large organizations.
Hands-on experience using AI coding agents to build software or accelerate software delivery.
Skill in writing effective prompts, iterating with AI tools, and validating AI outputs for production.
Strong full-stack knowledge across frontend, backend, APIs, data, cloud, and infrastructure.
Experience with modern architectures, including web applications, APIs, databases, event-driven systems, queues, automation, and microservices.
Experience with Java/J2EE, web technologies, web services, and frontend frameworks such as Angular or React.
Strong understanding of secure coding, privacy, compliance, reliability, observability, and production readiness in regulated settings.
Currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; work visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Risk and Compliance back-office controls and case management applications.

Responsibilities

Build AI-assisted applications, workflow automations, internal tools, and lightweight agents across product and platform areas.
Translate customer, agent, and business needs into clear specifications and end-to-end production solutions.
Use AI to accelerate modernization, testing, documentation, observability, and productivity.
Review AI-generated code and designs to ensure security, privacy, compliance, reliability, and quality.
Track system adoption, usage, conversion, errors, customer friction, and operational outcomes.
Design and maintain scalable, secure, fault-tolerant architectures for high-volume financial transactions.
Lead architecture reviews, proofs of concept, and design discussions across teams.
Develop integrations with risk, compliance orchestration, third-party platforms, and digital channels.
Build and maintain compliance back-office solutions, including transaction monitoring, controls, reconciliation, and reporting.