AWS Cloud Architect

Location: Charlotte, NC

Salary: $ USD Annually – $ USD Annually

Type: Full-Time

Experience: Senior Level

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with strong expertise in the Payments domain to design, build, and support modern, scalable cloud-native payment applications. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of digital payments, financial networks, cloud architecture, and modern engineering practices.

This role requires hands-on AWS skills, strong knowledge of payment processing flows, and the ability to simplify and architect complex systems.

• Proven experience building and implementing payment applications
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• Strong AWS Cloud Architecture design and implementation skills.
• Experience working with digital payments
  , payment gateways, or financial networks.

• Architect, design, and implement secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions for payment platforms.
• Work hands-on with major AWS services across compute, storage, networking, security, and serverless technology.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to define payment architecture and integration patterns.
• Ensure payment system reliability, performance, and compliance with financial industry standards.
• Lead design sessions and provide architectural guidance across teams.
• Create high-quality documentation including technical designs, process flows, and architecture diagrams.
• Simplify and explain complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in payments and financial networks.

• 8 years in the financial services industry.
• 2 years hands-on experience with digital payment implementations (e.g., card payments, ACH, RTP, wallets, payment gateways).
• 2 years of delivering innovative solutions in payments or financial networks.
• Strong understanding of payment processing flows, settlement, authorization, fraud checks, compliance, etc.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to document processes clearly.

• Experience with API-driven payment architectures.
• Understanding of PCI-DSS, ISO 8583, NACHA, SWIFT, or other financial messaging standards.
• Familiarity with microservices, event-driven design, and serverless architectures.
• Ability to mentor teams and provide architectural leadership.