Senior Solutions Architect (Payments)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Solutions Architect (Payments)
• Focus: Payment systems and customer reporting digital banking platforms
• Work style: Hybrid (2–3 days/week in the NYC office)
• Authorization: Must be authorized to work for any employer in the US; no H-1B visa support

Description

This hands-on senior solutions architect role designs, develops, and supports modern web applications and digital platforms for banking customers. You will own end-to-end delivery across the UI, APIs, data layer, and deployment artifacts while aligning with enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements. You’ll collaborate with product, business, architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to build secure, scalable, and compliant payment experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise-grade Angular web applications with responsive, accessible, high-performance UI
• Build modular front-end architecture and ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness
• Develop and integrate RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Build backend services using Java/Spring Boot, .NET, or Node.js
• Create and maintain database objects (tables, views, stored procedures, functions) and optimize SQL queries
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to microservices and API-first architectures; design resilient, secure integration patterns
• Support modernization initiatives including real-time payments and API-led architectures
• Implement secure coding practices (SSO, OAuth2, OIDC, encryption) and meet banking security/regulatory policies
• Participate in CI/CD pipeline implementation; support testing, code reviews, production releases, and issue resolution
• Mentor team members and contribute to design reviews; collaborate cross-functionally

Requirements

• 10+ years of overall technology experience with significant Angular and full-stack development in banking/financial services
• Experience architecting mission-critical, high-volume, regulated systems
• Proven ability delivering full-stack solutions including UI, APIs, and database layers
• RESTful and/or GraphQL API development/integration experience
• Strong SQL optimization and database object development
• Azure cloud experience
• Security architecture experience (authentication/authorization and data protection)
• CI/CD pipeline experience with code quality, testing, and reviews
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering (or equivalent practical experience)

Benefits

• Salary range $180K–$200K plus ~20% bonus
• Great benefits package