Sr Architect

Powering the world's payments ecosystem

ACI powers the payments ecosystem - globally, and you power ACI. You'll innovate, collaborate, and grow - in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success. ACIers - in all roles and levels - are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments.

As a Senior Architect in Pune, you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world's payments ecosystem!

About the Role

ACI Worldwide is seeking an experienced Senior Architect to lead the design and evolution of our cloud-native payment solutions running on AWS. You'll be responsible for architecting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that process billions of dollars in transactions daily. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to shape the future of our payment platform.

As a Senior Architect, you'll translate complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions, mentor engineering teams, and drive architectural excellence across our product portfolio. You'll work at the intersection of real-time payment processing and large-scale batch operations, ensuring our systems meet the demands of global financial institutions.

What You'll Do

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Design and architect cloud-native solutions on AWS for both real-time payment processing and batch transaction systems
• Define technical standards, design patterns, and best practices for Java Spring Boot microservices architecture
• Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and architecture roadmaps
• Make critical technology decisions balancing innovation, risk, and business value

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Mentor and coach software engineering teams on architectural principles and cloud-native design
• Partner with product management, engineering, and operations teams to align technical solutions with business goals
• Conduct design reviews and provide technical guidance throughout the development lifecycle
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability

Innovation & Strategy

• Research and evaluate emerging technologies to enhance our payment platform capabilities
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy systems and improve platform performance
• Contribute to enterprise architecture strategy and cross-product technology alignment
• Stay current with AWS services, Java ecosystem innovations, and payment industry trends

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of software architecture and development experience
• Deep expertise with AWS cloud services (EC2, Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Strong background in Java and Spring Boot for building enterprise applications
• Proven experience architecting high-volume, mission-critical systems
• Expert knowledge of microservices architecture, API design, and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and operational best practices
• Experience with both real-time/online and batch processing architectures
• Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in payments, financial services, or other regulated industries
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent)
• Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis)
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) and orchestration
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK)
• Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline design
• Experience leading architecture for global, multi-region deployments

Why ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide powers electronic payments for more than 6,000 organizations around the world. Our proven, secure platform processes and manages digital payments across any channel, and we innovate constantly to help our customers stay ahead. Join us to work on technology that moves money for merchants, banks, and billers across the globe.

Core Capabilities:

We seek colleagues who embody our core capabilities - these shape our culture and enable us to make a meaningful impact together:

• Ensure Accountability:holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Results:consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Customer Focus:building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Cultivate Innovation:creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates:building partnerships and working collaboratively with others.
• Courage:stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

In return for your expertise, we offer opportunities for growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package-all within an innovative and collaborative work environment.

Are you ready to help us transform the payments ecosystem To learn more about ACI Worldwide, visit our web site at

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