About the Job
We have an immediate job opportunity for a Solution Architect (Cards & Payments) position located in Dubai, UAE. This role requires 12 to 18 years of experience in payments technology, solution architecture, or presales, including experience in a client-facing role. The notice period for candidates is immediate to 30 days.
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Role Context and Responsibilities
- Solution Architecture: Develop end-to-end payment solution architectures that encompass card issuing (debit, credit, prepaid, closed-loop, virtual), acquiring (POS, ATM), e-commerce, and operations (reconciliation, chargebacks).
- Strategic Framing: Translate client business requirements and regulatory contexts into a coherent target-state architecture and phased solution strategy.
- Migration & Integration: Assess existing client platforms and define migration, integration, and interoperability approaches with minimal disruption to live operations.
- Regulatory Alignment: Factor in local regulatory, scheme, and routing requirements as part of solution design, collaborating with compliance and legal stakeholders as needed.
- Possess a strong end-to-end knowledge of payment ecosystems, including card issuing, acquiring, e-commerce, and payments operations.
Required Skills
- 12+ years of experience in payments technology, solution architecture, or presales.
- Proven experience in designing or architecting payment platform solutions, ideally across issuing/acquiring processing platforms and issuing APIs.
- Experience working on platform migration or re-platforming engagements involving live production systems.
- Working knowledge of payment scheme rules, regulatory frameworks, and local market considerations (e.g., central bank oversight, domestic scheme participation).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, PMP) are a plus but not mandatory.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture—promoting equality and diversity in an environment that respects all individuals. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities, religions, ages, marital statuses, genders, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. Our global workforce is empowered through flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning, and development programs. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
