Job Description
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Job Title - Solution / Application Architect Location Phoenix AZ - 3 days onsite Hire Type Long Term Contract
Requirement: Solution / Application Architect
As a Solution / Application Architect, you will lead the design of end-to-end solutions that integrate travel aggregators and partner APIs with Client channels, ensuring seamless, secure, and high-performing delivery of mission-critical data. While your primary focus is on solution architecture -aligning applications with business needs, partner requirements, and compliance-you will also bring a strong grounding in system architecture principles such as scalability, resilience, and fault tolerance, which are considered baseline capabilities for this role.
Your Primary Responsibilities may include: - Design application and integration architectures that connect external travel partners with Amex platforms, using secure and performant APIs.
- Define solution patterns for partner onboarding, API lifecycle management, data transformation, error handling, and monitoring.
- Ensure solutions are built on strong system-level foundations (scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, performant).
- Provide technical leadership on middleware adoption (queues, caching, event streaming, API gateways) to support partner integrations.
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and engineering teams to ensure solutions meet business needs, regulatory standards, and SLA commitments .
- Continuously evaluate and re-architect solutions as partner demands, transaction volumes, and business priorities evolve.
- Remain technology-agnostic , capable of designing solutions across Java/Open systems or Microsoft platforms.
Qualifications include: - Proven experience as a Solution Architect , with strong grounding in system architecture principles (distributed design, scalability, reliability).
- Hands-on expertise in API management, integration frameworks, and middleware technologies .
- Experience with external B2B integrations , ideally in travel, financial services, or other high-volume transaction ecosystems.
- Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., OTA, GDS, NDC) and compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS) preferred.
- Ability to bridge business needs and technical design , ensuring architectures deliver measurable value.
- Technology flexibility: Java/Open systems preferred , Microsoft stack acceptable.
- Track record of modernizing application landscapes and enabling partner-driven ecosystems.
Leadership Skills may include: - Business-Technology Alignment : Ensures solution designs address business goals and partner requirements while resting on robust system foundations.
- Drives Innovation & Change : Champions API-first architectures, scalable patterns, and modernization initiatives.
- Collaborative Leadership : Engages across business, compliance, and engineering functions to deliver unified solutions.
- Communication : Simplifies complex system and solution concepts for business leaders, while providing depth for technical teams.
Job Tags
Long term contract, Traineeship,