Lead Software Architect

Location Name: Pune Corporate Office - Mantri

Job Purpose

BFL is building a POS acquiring for Merchants. The Objective of the individual/team is to deliver a cutting-edge experience in offline acquiring business. The team would closely coordinate and work with multiple project stake holders- Banks, Business COEs, Service, Operations and Finance functions.

Duties And Responsibilities

Responsibilities 

•  Switch expert and good experience working in BFSI industry
•  Add, modify and configure devices on the switch. Knowledge of switch operations, monitoring procedures to apply strong control and eliminate errors.
•  Good knowledge about administration of monitoring system on the switch, generating different requirements, files and reports from the switch.
•  Experience in both issuing and acquiring process. Excellent understanding of Debit cards, prepaid cards, credit cards and payment technologies.
•  Knowledge of POS switching, ISO 8583 messaging standard, EMV issuing and acquiring standard. Experience on VISA/Mastercard simulators.
•  Security monitoring which also includes pushing of OS patches, switch patches and terminal related support.
•  Work closely with infrastructure teams on stability improvement programs and general improvements to the environments.
•  Manage and co-ordinate recurring issues and ensure long term resolution
•  Participate in requirement and solution review process
•  Complete understanding of Offline transaction flow and the entities involved in a transaction.
•  Taking end to end ownership of partner onboarding, merchant tie-ups.
•  Providing technical and functional expertise for integration and communication of POS terminals with Banks, interchanges and switches.
•  Various methodologies for Fraud detection and fraud prevention strategies.
  
  

 

•  Knowledge in supporting client migration plans, developing new solution offerings and working with internal and external stakeholders to provide optimal integration experience while addressing any technical concerns.
•  API integration and testing on POS terminal.
•  Identify and work with third party resources as necessary to support client integration needs.
•  Strong understanding of payment processing infrastructure systems, technology, security standards and fraud prevention strategies.
•  Review the technical solution, experience design and make sure the integration follows all the necessary guidelines.
•  To provide technical leadership, oversight and planning for new features and functionality for the Retail environment/offline merchants
•  Requires good software design and understanding, taking a lead role in working with business users, project managers and others working within BFL organization
•  Hands on with technical tasks and project leading activities
•  Proactively provide regular, clear and consistent communication on the status of projects, issues and deliverables to merchants/vendors/etc.
•  Under limited supervision, performs technical and administrative work in supporting and maintaining the POS payment systems to clients/merchants
•  Complete understanding of APIs including new product features and onboarding process
•  Maintain communication with merchants and keep track of each step of the integration process|
•  Knowledge in supporting client migration plans, developing new solution offerings and working with internal and external stakeholders to provide optimal integration experience while addressing any technical concerns.
•  API integration and testing on POS terminal.
•  Identify and work with third party resources as necessary to support client integration needs.
•  Strong understanding of payment processing infrastructure systems, technology, security standards and fraud prevention strategies.
•  Review the technical solution, experience design and make sure the integration follows all the necessary guidelines.
•  To provide technical leadership, oversight and planning for new features and functionality for the Retail environment/offline merchants
•  Requires good software design and understanding, taking a lead role in working with business users, project managers and others working within BFL organization
•  Hands on with technical tasks and project leading activities
•  Proactively provide regular, clear and consistent communication on the status of projects, issues and deliverables to merchants/vendors/etc.
•  Under limited supervision, performs technical and administrative work in supporting and maintaining the POS payment systems to clients/merchants
•  Complete understanding of APIs including new product features and onboarding process
•  Maintain communication with merchants and keep track of each step of the integration process
•  Work closely with product team at BFL to make sure merchants have the best integration experience
•  Technical skillsets should include: Good experience of working in JAVA
•  Good understanding of REST APIs and the web in general.
•  Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, enterprise systems, asynchronous architectures, and object-oriented programming
•  Demonstrated experience with best SDLC practices: coding standards, reviews, code management, build processes, and testing
•  Ability to diagnose and identify issues with API's, Code, Services, and Network
  
  

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•  Excellent communication skills along with strong presentation and data analytics skills.
  
  

Required Qualifications And Experience

•  Bachelor of Technology/Master in Computer Applications
•  Overall 6-8 years experience in Offline Merchant Acquiring Business and switching technologies.
•  Experience in Integration of POS machines, troubleshooting
•  Technology orientation and attitude to challenge status-quo.
•  High degree of passion and self-belief.
•  Collaborative work style to engage with peers & colleagues in other functions across the company.
•  Exceptionally high motivational levels and a self-starter.
•  Experience in cyber security threats and vulnerability fixes are huge plus
•  Should possess the below skill sets:
•  Stakeholder Management
•  Excellent Communication & Interpersonal Skills
•  Analytical & Problem Solving skills
  
  

8+ years