Solutions Architect and Payments Expert – Emerging Payments Architecture at American Express

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Responsibilities:
- Define architectures and solution designs for emerging payments (payment tokenisation, 3D Secure, Safekey) across the Global Network.
- Act as a subject-matter consultant to product and technology teams, translating business requirements into technical designs.
- Collaborate with network product owners, engineering, security and risk teams to ensure compliant, secure and scalable solutions.
- Produce clear technical documentation, proposals and implementation guidance for cross-functional stakeholders.
- Support architecture reviews, technology roadmaps and adoption of standards across payment platforms.

Requirements:
- Proven experience in solutions architecture, distributed systems and cloud-based architectures.
- Deep knowledge of card payments technologies and standards (tokenisation, 3DS, REST APIs) and related security/compliance considerations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to consult, influence and present to technical and business audiences.
- Degree in computer science or related field; past software development experience is an advantage.
- Comfortable working in Agile/SAFe environments and collaborating across global teams.