Are you ready to write your next chapter?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.
What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.
We’re looking for a Technical Architect to join our evolving WPAP team to help us unleash the potential of every business.
Are you ready to make your mark? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.
About The Team
Worldpay is an international leader, the biggest in the world, in payments processing technology servicing all types of businesses – big and small, online and traditional retail outlets.
The company’s financial products include credit cards, ATM processing, merchant services, rewards and fraud prevention.
Worldpay’s Alternative Payments Platform (WPAP) specialize in delivering online payment services to our customers and we are looking for Engineers to join our team to take it to the next level. WPAP is unique in the world and puts us firmly beyond what the competition can deliver.
What You'll Own
As part of an Agile team, you will contribute and support the team to deliver its commitments in a predictable way according to the SAFe definition and with the expected quality, working closely with each discipline within the Delivery Team (Product Owner, Development and Test) to ensure solution design and implementation is in line with the business requirements.
- Define Platform Architecture for new products by evaluating the business drivers for change and identifying the architectural changes necessary to realize business value.
- Have wide-ranging experience, utilizing professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
- Effectively drives system design, technology assessment, build vs buy decisions and technical platform definition.
- Conceive interfaces and/or prototypes by working closely with Enterprise Solution, Security, Infrastructure, and fellow System Architects.
- Partners with Technology, Infrastructure and Security to ensure effective design, development, testing, and deployment, and support of all IT solutions.
- Deep expertise in two or more architecture domains (Applications, Services, Data, Technology)
- Identify, analyze, and resolve platform’s design weaknesses.
- Create, maintain & refresh Platform’s Current + Transition state Architectures, in compliance with documented Standards & Patterns.
- Keeps abreast of emerging payment technology and architecture and provides insights and POVs to engineering leadership team.
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture to document Platform specific Standards and Patterns.
- Provide multi-tiered & multi-layered technical expertise for next generation initiatives.
- Have fluency in most IT architecture areas including design and governance.
- Collaborate closely with multiple parties (Product Management, Agile Release Train members, Architects, etc.) from across Worldpay to brainstorm and pick best solutions for a problem within the constraints of the system.
- Assist with investigation of live system issues and propose solutions to address the root cause
- Understand organizational dynamics and change management practices
- Mentor junior team members
- Attends all SAFe/Agile related ceremonials
What You Bring
- Can-do attitude and a sense of responsibility for the wider implications of software engineering. A flexible approach necessary for the role as business requirements and their relative priorities are subject to review and change
- Analytical mind eager to solve complex problems
- A habit of attention to detail
- Ability to work on your own as well as in a team, within an onshore/offshore model
- Ability to provide direction, expertise, and support to other team members
- Strong understanding of system architecture and general programming concepts and best practices and ability to lead solutions within them
- Sound understanding and experience of the Agile software development lifecycle
- Experience with different requirements tracking systems like JIRA or Rally
- Working experience with different RDMS or DW (any of Oracle, MS SQL Server, others) and SQL, PL/SQL language
- Experience of working across the whole software development & support lifecycle
- Strong analytical skills, able to provide support to solve business or production problems
- Excellent communication skills, able to articulate technical and non-technical issues
- Responsive, assertive and drive a continuous improvement ethos in all interactions
- Fluent English (written/verbal)
- Relevant experience of at least 10 years and more than 3 years in designing technical solutions
Added bonus if you have
- Experience in working with UNIX/Linux systems
- Experience of working with message-based applications
- Knowledge of the global payments industry or a good understanding of payments transaction life cycle
Worldpay Perks - What We’ll Bring For You
We know it’s bigger than just your career. It’s your life, and your world. That’s why we offer global benefits and programs to support you at every stage. Here’s a taste of what you can expect.
- A competitive salary and benefits.
- Time to support charities and give back to your community.
- Parental leave policy.
- Global recognition platform.
- Virgin Pulse access.
- Global employee assistance program.
What Makes a Worldpayer
At Worldpay, we take our Values seriously, and we live them every day. Think like a customer, Act like an owner, and Win as a team.
- Curious. Humble. Creative. We ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day. We simplify the complex and we’re always looking to create a bigger impact for our colleagues and customers.
- Empowered. Accountable. Dynamic. We stay agile, using our initiative, taking calculated risks to progress. Never standing still, never settling, we work at pace to achieve our goals. We champion our ideas and stay flexible to make them happen. We know that every action adds up.
- Determined. Inclusive. Open. Unlocking potential means working as one global community. Our work spans borders, and we stay united by our purpose. We collaborate, always encouraging others to perform at their best, welcoming new perspectives.
Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.
Apply now to write the next chapter in your career. We can’t wait to hear from you.
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Sourcing Model
Recruitment at Worldpay works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. Worldpay does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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