Through our dedicated associates, Conduent delivers mission-critical services and solutions on behalf of Fortune 100 companies and over 500 governments - creating exceptional outcomes for our clients and the millions of people who count on them. You have an opportunity to personally thrive, make a difference and be part of a culture where individuality is noticed and valued every day.
Experience Level:
12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in technical leadership or solution architecture roles.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a
hands-on Technical Architect / Lead with deep expertise in
Java/Spring Boot microservices and
Payments Domain or similar Payment Solution architectures. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and deliver
scalable, event-driven solutions. This role requires strong technical problem-solving skills, Team & architecture ownership, and the ability to guide teams through the full development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Architecture and Design
- Architect and design microservices-based payment solutions using Spring Boot.
- Design and implement secure RESTful APIs and asynchronous communication patterns.
- Apply domain-driven design (DDD) across payment bounded contexts.
- Own architecture for core payment flows: authorization, capture, refund, chargeback, and settlement.
- Design integrations with payment networks (Visa, Mastercard, ACH, SWIFT) and payment gateways.
- Architect for PCI-DSS compliance, tokenization, and encryption.
- Define idempotency and exactly-once processing patterns for payment accuracy.
- Design reconciliation frameworks across internal ledgers and external processors.
- Ensure PCI-DSS, SOX, and PSD2/SCA compliance across payment solutions.
- Define OAuth 2.0, mTLS, and certificate-based security patterns.
- Conduct threat modeling and security reviews.
- Leadership & Delivery
- Mentor development teams and conduct architecture reviews.
- Define CI/CD standards in Azure DevOps with zero-downtime deployment strategies.
- Collaborate with Product and Business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
- Maintain architecture decision records (ADRs) and the technical roadmap.
- Develop reference architectures, reusable components, and best practice frameworks for microservices and event streaming.
Payments Domain Expertise
Security & Compliance
Hands-on Development and Technical Leadership
- Lead by example through hands-on coding, code reviews, and POC development.
- Collaborate with development teams to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
- Ensure high code quality, proper design patterns, and best practices are followed across teams.
- Work closely with DevOps teams to build automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Conduct technical evaluations, architecture reviews, and participate in solution governance forums.
Leadership and Delivery
- Lead and mentor engineering teams through design, development, and deployment phases.
- Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, Support teams.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers.
- Conduct architecture reviews, POCs, and solution governance activities.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, and RESTful API development.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, and event sourcing.
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, AKS).
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks.
- Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and system design skills.
- Strong collaboration skills across DevOps, Security, and Product teams.
Conduent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, gender identity, gender expression, sex/gender, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, use of a guide dog or service animal, military/veteran status, citizenship status, basis of genetic information, or any other group protected by law.
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