Solution Architect

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.  Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Solution Architect to join our ever evolving Application Architecture team within Global Payments Europe and help shape the future of global commerce. What you’ll own Own the end-to-end architecture and technical outcomes for one or more Genius POS platforms, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with business objectives. Drive the design of payment capabilities, integrations, and APIs that enable seamless interoperability across POS platforms, shared services, and third-party partner ecosystems. Lead the adoption and evolution of AI-enabled capabilities, including merchant-facing experiences, agentic workflows, AI assistants, and developer productivity tooling. Partner closely with product and engineering teams to guide technical decisions, balance trade-offs, and embed architectural excellence throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Champion platform convergence and technical enablement by establishing reusable patterns, influencing cross-functional architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers in architectural best practices. What you’ll bring Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Principal Engineer, or Technical Lead with a strong software engineering foundation and a track record of designing and delivering complex, cloud-native platforms at scale. Deep expertise in payments and commerce technologies, including payment integrations, PCI-sensitive architectures, tokenization, API design, and secure partner ecosystem integrations. Strong knowledge of modern cloud and software architecture patterns, including microservices, event-driven systems, integration platforms, API management, observability, and DevOps practices across AWS and/or Azure environments. Experience applying AI technologies in real-world solutions, from conversational AI and agentic workflows to AI-assisted development tools, coupled with a passion for driving innovation through emerging technologies. A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to influence technical decisions, navigate ambiguity, communicate effectively across technical and business audiences, and mentor teams through complex architectural challenges. It’s a bonus if you have Experience in POS, payments, or commerce platforms, including PCI DSS, tokenization, P2PE, payment integrations, and omnichannel payment solutions. Hands-on experience with AI-powered solutions, including foundation models, RAG architecture, agentic workflows, MCP tooling, and AI-assisted software development practices. Proven success driving architecture across multiple teams or platforms, building cloud-native distributed systems, and influencing technical strategy in fast-paced product organizations. A strong ability to partner with stakeholders and teams to understand needs and remove impediments, showing curiosity, empathy, and a clear focus on delivering value to clients and end users. A proactive, ownership-driven mindset — you take accountability for team effectiveness, continuously improve ways of working, and encourage experimentation and innovation within Agile practices. Experience fostering high-performing, collaborative teams, ideally in cross-functional or distributed environments, promoting inclusivity, psychological safety, and a “one team” mentality. About