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UNAVAILABLE

Senior Architect, Payments

UNAVAILABLE, Northbrook, Illinois, us, 60065

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Overview We inspire purpose-filled living that brings beauty and quality to the modern home. Together, we achieve. Associates across our business drive results, innovate, and inspire. Drawn together by our shared values and passion for our customers and our brands, we deliver home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced, and bring timeless style and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

We’re here for it. We think

you should be too . We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as a

Senior Architect, Payments.

The Senior Architect, Payments will lead the design and evolution of our enterprise payment systems architecture. This role is critical to driving our payment technology strategy, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance while delivering exceptional customer experiences. The successful candidate will architect solutions that handle payment processing, support multiple payment methods, and integrate with various financial institutions and payment networks.

This position is fully remote

This role is an Individual Contributor

A day in the life as a Senior Architect, Payments...

Lead architectural decisions and architect solutions for payment processing platforms, including real-time transaction processing, settlement, and intelligent routing

Define and implement microservices architecture patterns for payment systems with focus on scalability, resilience, and performance

Evaluate and recommend payment technology vendors, platforms, and third-party integrations

Architect secure payment solutions, including fraud detection, tokenization, and encryption

Develop architecture for multi-channel payment acceptance (online, mobile, in-store, call center, API)

Design real-time payment monitoring, alerting, and reporting capabilities

Design APIs and integration patterns for payment service providers, banks, and internal enterprise financial systems

Mentor development teams on payment domain knowledge and architectural principles

Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, and stakeholders on payment features

Work with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies for payment systems

What you’ll bring to the table…

Deep understanding of the payment ecosystem, including major payment networks (Visa, Mastercard, etc.), acquirers, processors, and regulatory bodies

Expertise in various payment methods (cards, digital wallets, BNPL, etc.) and the platforms (Adyen, PayPal, Klarna, etc.) that support them

Deep understanding of payment industry standards (ISO 8583, ISO 20022, EMV, PCI DSS)

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and payment-specific services

Proficiency in microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API design

Knowledge of programming languages: .NET, python or similar enterprise languages

Experience with databases: SQL, NoSQL, and distributed data systems

Understanding of DevOps practices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD

Experience with payment security and operational strategies, including fraud detection, tokenization, 3DS authentication, and transaction strategies (authorization, capture, refund

Familiarity with emerging payment regulations

Understanding of settlement, reconciliation, disputes, chargebacks and financial reporting requirements

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

8+ years of software development experience with 5+ years in payment systems

3+ years in senior architecture or technical leadership roles

Proven experience with high-volume, mission-critical payment processing systems

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