System and Software architect

Ericsson•Plano, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Ericsson is looking for a Senior Architect to help shape the next generation of mobile financial services. In this role, you will translate customer needs into software requirements and architecture for secure, scalable financial solutions connecting digital wallets, payments, ledgering, identity, compliance, and partner ecosystems. You will act as a technical bridge between customers, product stakeholders, and R&D. The role represents Ericsson to customers in the relevant time zone, explains technical trade-offs, and ensures customer needs become clear and implementable requirements. It is well suited to a software architect willing to evolve towards a solution architect role while working close to customers.

Requirements

Experience working with customers and stakeholders across product, R&D, operations, commercial, and delivery teams
Ability to simplify complex technical topics, translate needs into requirements, and influence decisions at both customer and engineering levels
Extensive experience as a Software Architect, or in software, solution, or platform architecture for complex distributed systems
A solid software development background, including practical coding experience and an understanding of modern development practices
Proven ability to design secure, scalable, API-driven platforms, integrations, and distributed systems
Knowledge of microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud-native design, data models, and systems integration patterns
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

Experience from financial services, digital wallets, payments, banking, ledgering, KYC, AML, fraud, compliance platforms, or financial inclusion services
Knowledge of industry standards and protocols relevant to financial services integrations
Familiarity with regulated production environments, auditability, privacy, security, and compliance requirements
Experience with public cloud, SaaS delivery models, and multi-country deployments
Experience working in large-scale R&D organizations with modern software engineering practices

Responsibilities

Front technical discussions with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders. Translating customer and business needs into software requirements, target architectures, solution blueprints, interface definitions, and non-functional requirements
Guide software and system-level decisions across applications, API, data, security, observability, resilience, and operational supportability
Work in direct contact with the R&D architects and delivery teams to ensure customer-driven requirements are understood, implementable, supportable, and aligned with roadmap priorities
Partner with security, risk, and compliance stakeholders to embed controls for identity, privacy, fraud prevention, auditability, and regulatory requirements
Support solution shaping, effort estimation, technical risk assessment, and value argumentation for customer and business opportunities
Contribute to architecture governance, technical standards, reusable assets, and continuous improvement across the Ericsson architecture community

Benefits

Choice of three medical plan options
Dental plan option
Company credits towards medical and dental premiums
401(k) Plan with automatic 3% company contribution
401(k) match $1 for $1 on the first 3% of eligible pay, plus 50 cents on every $1 on the next 2% of eligible pay
Company credits for basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage
Company credits for short-term and long-term disability coverage
Option to participate in Ericsson’s Stock Purchase Plan
15 days of accrued vacation
Up to 3 personal days per year
11 annual holidays
8 hours of volunteer time
80 hours of sick time annually
Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave
6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay
Financial wellness programs
Educational assistance
Matching gifts
Recognition programs