Chief Architect (Payments Industry)
Location: Hybrid | Atlanta, GA
Full Time
Our Client is seeking a Chief Architect to shape and lead the architectural strategy for modern, scalable payment platforms and enterprise technology solutions. This executive-level role will guide the evolution of architecture and engineering capabilities, with a strong emphasis on integrated payment systems and long-term technology modernization.
The Chief Architect will work across Product, Engineering, and Business teams to align technical strategy with business growth, while building and leading a high-impact architecture organization.
What You’ll Do
- Define and drive the enterprise-wide architecture strategy, including standards, design principles, and long-term technology roadmap.
- Lead the architecture vision for integrated payment platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security.
- Translate complex technical decisions into clear business outcomes, presenting options and tradeoffs to executive stakeholders.
- Build, lead, and mentor a team of architects providing guidance across product and platform development.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to deliver interoperable solutions that integrate with external partners and customer ecosystems.
- Advocate for architecture and technology investments and influence prioritization at senior leadership levels.
- Ensure alignment with broader enterprise architecture initiatives and governance.
- Support modern delivery practices, continuous improvement, and agile execution across teams.
Required Qualifications
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- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise software solutions within agile environments.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in software architecture for complex, multi-tier platforms.
- 5+ years in senior technical leadership roles with increasing responsibility.
- 5+ years of people management experience, including building and developing high-performing teams.
- Payments industry experience required
- Demonstrated expertise in multiple architectural disciplines such as:
- Enterprise or Solution Architecture
- Cloud Architecture (AWS preferred)
- Distributed Systems & Messaging
- Mobile or Multi-Tenant Platforms
- Infrastructure or Platform Architecture
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