Solutions Architect, Episode Six
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Global provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure
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Global provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure
101-200 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help banks, fintechs and brands leave legacy payments technology behind, leapfrog their competition, and build payments products their customers love.
Role
Who you are
- 10 years of experience in: customer facing roles, solution architecture & technical design, and payments industry with a focus on cards products such as credit, debit, prepaid etc
- Excellent communication skills (English) – ability to engage across a broad range of stakeholders at an appropriate level, business or technical
- Ability to articulate ideas/solutions clearly, visually and written
- Experience working with APIs
- Strong technical understanding, capability and willingness to learn and develop skills on a daily basis
- Very driven and self-motivated, able to work autonomously
- A team player with a ‘can-do’, entrepreneurial attitude that thrives in an agile, ever-changing world
- Knowledge of payment concepts and global payments landscape; preference to the local regulatory landscape in the US region
- Application architecture/domain expertise in Java based applications and cloud/on-premise infrastructure
What the job involves
- We are a growing fintech organization looking to add a Solutions Architect for our Global Delivery team! This role will be for our delivery team
- Lead technical pre-sales exercises with customers
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations
- Lead design of creative solutions from conception to delivery, shaping our clients’ thinking
- Support sales in answering RFI/RFP/RFQ (technical focus) and other customer proposals
- Crafting well defined description of operations/statement of works, partitioning solutions, supporting definition of project specifications, requirements and any development needs
- Working with development teams and project managers to deliver client solutions as per the agreed scope
- Providing solutions assurance, ensuring our proposals meet our client’s business requirements and align with our technology strategy & standards
- Articulating and managing technical risks
- Supporting Episode Six’s goals and objectives such as those related to sales, productivity, profitability and industry penetration
- Assisting in developing strategies and materials in support of the Episode Six’s overall solution architecture practice, business development and sales effort
- Contributing to our roadmap, shaping our future solutions
- Providing subject matter expertise to our clients and colleagues
Our take
Episode Six (E6) was co-founded by a trio of fintech executives from Rêv Worldwide and NetSpend. They were in a position to see the rate at which digital and neobanks were developing new, API-enabled payment methods, and threatening to disrupt the market share of legacy financial institutions.
The main problem for legacy FIs is that their back-end infrastructure has not evolved quickly enough to keep up, so E6 offers them an API platform to more easily create products fit for today’s consumers. It’s safe to say that E6’s efforts are proving successful, considering that its clients include Mastercard, HSBC, Visa, Microsoft, and Japan Airlines.
The company’s footprint has also expanded impressively since launching in 2015, and it now operates in major financial markets including London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Brisbane. And it recently launched its payment services on AWS Marketplace, reflecting its increasing influence in the global financial landscape and also highlighting its ability to adapt to evolving market demands. With a broader reach and this strategic move into cloud-based services, the company is well-positioned for a future of success.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2023
$48m
SERIES C
Feb 2022
$10m
SERIES B
Total funding: $98m
Company HQ
Austin, TX
Leadership
John Mitchell
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to Episode Six, they were CEO at Fintech company Rêv Worldwide, having previously spent 6 years at NetSpend in Business Development, Sales and Corporate Strategy.
Chermaine Hu
(Co-Founder & CFO)Former Morgan Stanley Executive Director, M&A and Investment Banking. Served as Rêv Worldwide's CFO before co-founding Episode Six.
Futeh Kao
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously spent 7 years as CTO of Rêv Worldwide. Also previously served as SVP of Technology at MPower Mobile, and Director of Software Architecture at NetSpend.
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