Sr. Solutions Architect

VGS

21h•$80,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

VGS is seeking an experienced, customer-facing Sr. Solutions Architect with a strong software engineering background and deep knowledge of payment systems. The role aligns technical strategy with business goals by working with prospective and existing clients to understand their needs and design secure, scalable integrations. It involves advising payment companies and enterprise merchants on global payment infrastructure, processor connectivity, credential portability, tokenization, and sensitive payment data. The Sr. Solutions Architect partners with Sales and Account Management throughout the deal lifecycle, and with Product and Engineering to inform the product roadmap and go-to-market strategy. The position leads technical discovery and solution design, supports opportunities from discovery through implementation handoff, and provides technical oversight through launch. VGS is remote-first, with a hybrid schedule for employees living within 30 miles of an office location.

Requirements

7+ years of experience across solutions architecture, sales engineering, technical consulting, payment implementation, software engineering, or a similar technical customer-facing role.
Experience with large-scale card or credential migrations.
Experience with multi-PSP, payment orchestration, processor-routing, or payment portability strategies.
Background at a merchant, PSP, processor, acquirer, issuer, card network, or payment infrastructure company.
Knowledge of PCI DSS, data security, privacy, and compliance architecture.
Proficiency with web services and APIs, and full-stack development; ability to understand how a wide variety of technologies and systems interact.
Strong communication skills, including explaining complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, creating technical solution diagrams, and preparing and presenting sales- and executive-level decks.
Ability to write production-grade code examples and reference implementations in one or more of Python, JavaScript, Java, or Ruby.
Strong collaboration, interpersonal, negotiation, and prioritization skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with tokenization, payment processing, or security products.
BA/BS degree.
Out-of-the-box thinking and ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
Industry certifications such as PCI QSA, CPP (Certified Payments Professional), CISSP, or AWS Solutions Architect.
Direct experience with card network programs such as Visa or Mastercard network tokenization or account updater service.

Responsibilities

Conduct technical discovery with customers, Sales, and Account Management to clarify business goals, requirements, risks, and product gaps.
Map payment flows across merchants, PSPs, processors, acquirers, card networks, wallets, and third parties.
Architect solutions using VGS capabilities, including vaulting, card management, network and Agentic Tokens, Account Updater, 3DS, wallet payments, account validation, and data security.
Advise customers on payment security best practices, PCI scope reduction, credential portability, multi-processor setups, resiliency, and scaling.
Identify technical and commercial risks early, including scope, dependencies, and ownership issues.
Lead technical strategy for qualified opportunities from discovery through architecture approval and implementation handoff.
Create and deliver architecture diagrams, proposals, demos, and proofs of concept.
Lead responses to RFIs, RFPs, security reviews, and architecture assessments.
Collaborate with customer engineers on APIs, webhooks, authentication, data models, error handling, and integrations.
Produce detailed handoffs covering solution architecture, assumptions, responsibilities, testing, success metrics, and out-of-scope items.
Provide technical oversight through launch to ensure implementations match approved architectures.
Translate customer and market feedback into actionable input for the VGS product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
Develop reusable reference architectures, demos, integration patterns, and enablement assets.
Serve as a payments and technology subject matter expert in workshops, executive briefings, and industry events.