Solution Architect – POS and Payments Platform

About the role

The Solution Architect will own technical outcomes for one or more Genius Point‑of‑Sale platforms, guiding cloud‑native design, payment integrations and AI‑enabled features. Working closely with product and engineering teams, you will ensure scalability, security and cross‑platform interoperability.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in sprint ceremonies, roadmap planning and trade‑off discussions as an embedded member of the delivery team.
• Lead architecture for payment flows (card‑present, card‑not‑present, tokenization, P2PE, surcharge, cash discount) and integration with loyalty, delivery, gift, payroll and fiscal providers.
• Design APIs and contracts that enable capability sharing across POS platforms and contribute to a unified integration fabric.
• Define and champion AI‑enabled solutions such as chatbots, agentic workflows and RAG‑backed analytics.
• Own non‑functional requirements – security, scalability, observability and compliance – as first‑class design inputs.
• Provide technical governance that integrates into design processes and mentor less‑senior engineers.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a solution architect, lead or principal role.
• Proven experience designing and shipping payment integrations and cloud‑native systems on AWS or Azure.
• Strong API design skills (REST, OpenAPI, OAuth 2.0, API‑key lifecycle).

Required skills

• Cloud platforms: AWS (ECS/Fargate, EKS, Lambda, SQS/SNS, Aurora, S3, CloudWatch) and/or Azure (App Services, AKS, Service Bus, Cosmos DB).
• Backend languages: Java.NET, Node.js, PHP, Go.
• Databases & caching: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora, Redis, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Messaging & events: Kafka, SQS/SNS.
• Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Harness.
• AI/ML foundations: AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, GCP Vertex, prompt engineering, RAG patterns.
• Payments & compliance: PCI DSS, P2PE, tokenization, multi‑tender support.