Global KYC Senior Architect, Solution Engineering

Western Union

. Own the design, evolution, and modernization of global Know Your Customer and compliance platforms .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $165,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and modernizing global Know Your Customer and compliance platforms, with a strong focus on cloud-native applications, microservices architecture, and regulatory compliance. Proven ability to lead architectural transformations, implement observability strategies, and mentor engineering teams in best practices.

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Cloud-Native Application DevelopmentMicroservices Architecture DesignAWS Solutions DeploymentEvent-Driven ArchitectureRegulatory Compliance Solutions

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Hard Skills

JavaSpring BootREST APIsKafkaCI/CDDevOps PracticesObservability StrategiesDistributed Systems DesignArchitecture DocumentationAI-Assisted Engineering Tools

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationPresentation SkillsMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWSDockerKubernetesSplunkDynatraceCloudWatchPostgreSQLMySQLSnowflake

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesComplianceAMLKYCFraud PreventionRegulatory TechnologyDigital Transformation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLPostgresSnowflakeSplunkSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the design, evolution, and modernization of global Know Your Customer and compliance platforms
Translate business and regulatory requirements into secure, scalable, resilient technical solutions
Lead architectural transformation initiatives, proof-of-concept efforts, cloud adoption strategies, microservices orchestration, and legacy modernization programs
Lead architecture, design, and evolution of enterprise KYC and regulatory compliance platforms
Design fault-tolerant solutions with redundancy, failover, graceful degradation, observability, and rapid recovery patterns
Lead proof-of-concept initiatives validating architecture patterns, emerging technologies, integration approaches, and technical decisions
Assess current-state environments, define target-state architectures, develop transformation roadmaps, and implement cloud migration strategies
Design and orchestrate microservices-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, AWS, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns
Establish standards for service boundaries, API governance, event orchestration, resilience, observability, data lineage, traceability, and audit readiness
Design regulatory traceability solutions covering decision provenance, control-change governance, anomaly monitoring, alerting, and audit-ready evidence
Create architecture artifacts, solution designs, process flows, system interaction diagrams, and technology roadmaps
Partner with business, product, compliance, engineering, architecture, and vendor teams
Lead architecture reviews, design governance, and technical decision-making
Mentor engineering teams on best practices, CI/CD, production readiness, and operational excellence
Drive innovation through AI-assisted development, automation, cloud-native technologies, and emerging architecture practices
Guide teams through complex system migrations and legacy decoupling

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or large-scale application design
5+ years of hands-on experience building cloud-native applications and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and modern software engineering practices
5+ years of experience designing and deploying solutions on AWS or other major cloud platforms
2+ years of experience leading or participating in proof-of-concept initiatives
4+ years of experience designing and integrating enterprise platforms, vendor solutions, third-party APIs, and distributed application ecosystems
4+ years of experience designing microservices architectures, API-first solutions, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns
4+ years of experience designing highly available, resilient, observable, and scalable distributed systems
3+ years of experience establishing observability strategies, monitoring frameworks, logging standards, alerting capabilities, and operational excellence practices
4+ years of experience working with AWS services, Kafka, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Site Reliability Engineering, and cloud-native operational tooling
4+ years of experience creating architecture documentation, solution designs, technology roadmaps, process flows, system interaction diagrams, and executive-level technical presentations
4+ years of hands-on experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, or similar enterprise platforms
1+ years of experience using AI-assisted engineering tools
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Western Union will not sponsor work visas
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field preferred
Experience in financial services, compliance, AML, KYC, fraud prevention, regulatory technology, or other highly regulated industries preferred
Experience leading legacy modernization, re-platforming, re-architecting, cloud migration, or digital transformation initiatives preferred
Experience with service mesh architectures, API gateways, event choreography, event orchestration, and saga patterns preferred
Understanding of platform engineering, domain-driven design, event streaming, observability, resilience engineering, and AI-augmented software development practices preferred
Experience supporting large-scale global platforms processing high transaction volumes preferred
Experience mentoring engineers and establishing enterprise technology best practices preferred
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Short-term incentives
Multiple health insurance options
Accident and life insurance
Best-in-class development platforms
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Employee Discount Program
Parental Leave
401K Plan
Hybrid work arrangement with office collaboration