Senior Director / Head of Enterprise Architecture, Flywire
$245-295k
+ Bonus
Global payments processing
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Global payments processing
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$245-295k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve the payment experience for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a highly experienced enterprise architect who has built and scaled global platforms in complex distributed environments and thrives operating at the intersection of technology strategy and engineering execution
- The head of Architecture is first and foremost passionate about Technology, leads with AI first mindset, detailed oriented and hands on when required
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture leadership roles
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, Chief Architect, or Distinguished Engineer in large-scale technology environments
- Deep expertise designing highly scalable distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
- Experience building architecture strategies for global platforms handling high-volume transaction workloads
- Strong background in microservices architectures, APIs, and event-driven systems
- Experience operating in complex regulated industries such as fintech, payments, or financial services
- Demonstrated ability to influence engineering organizations and drive architectural standards across distributed teams
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to partner across engineering, product, and executive leadership
- Strong communication skills with the ability to represent and advocate Technology matters across the company and including C suite
- Experience leading architecture initiatives within global engineering organizations
- Open to Chicago, IL or Austin, TX
What the job involves
- Flywire is seeking a Head of Architecture to serve as the strategic technical partner to the Chief Technology Officer and lead the evolution of Flywire’s enterprise architecture
- This leader will define the long-term architecture strategy for our global payments platform while ensuring our technology ecosystem scales with Flywire’s continued growth
- This role will be responsible for establishing architecture standards, guiding major platform decisions, and driving evolution and modernization across Flywire’s technology stack
- The Head of Architecture will partner closely with engineering leadership, product teams, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment of direction, goals and roadmaps
- Enterprise Architecture Leadership:
- Define and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy for Flywire’s global payments platform and software solutions
- Establish architecture standards across application, platform, data, and infrastructure layers
- Drive architectural alignment, foster a culture of technical excellence and architectural discipline across engineering teams operating globally
- Build and mentor a small team of domain and platform architects
- Technology Governance:
- Lead initiatives to modernize and rationalize different legacy systems and evolve Flywire’s common platform architecture
- Guide the adoption of modern architecture patterns including microservices, cloud-native infrastructure, and distributed systems
- Establish architecture governance frameworks including architecture review boards and design standards
- Ensure architectural decisions support long-term scalability, security, and compliance requirements while containing or reducing technical debt
- Strategic Technology Leadership:
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the CTO on technology investment decisions and platform evolution
- Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption of innovations that improve engineering velocity and platform capabilities
- Lead technical due diligence process during M&A and strategic partnership initiatives
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner closely with engineering, product, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure architectural alignment across initiatives
- Work with global engineering teams across multiple regions to drive consistent architecture standards
Application process
- We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager and other Flymates. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for questions
Our take
Flywire is a digital platform that simplifies the paying experience for international transactions. Flywire leverages its vertical-specific software and payments technology to deeply embed within client's existing accounts-receivable workflows.
Flywire was first set up to help international students pay their tuition for American colleges, but has since grown into a global payments enablement and software company. It has processed billions of dollars in payments for clients across the world and secured approval for its major payment institution license, enabling it to operate domestic money transfer and cross-border money transfer services.
Flywire serves clients across education, healthcare, travel, and B2B, including several Ivy League schools, and top US hospital systems. The company appears to be focussed on growth, including by strategic acquisitions and entry into new markets, recently in the Asia Pacific and Australia, as well as further developing its channel partners ecosystem.
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Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Mar 2021
$60m
SERIES F
Feb 2020
$120m
SERIES E
Total funding: $323.2m
Company HQ
Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA
Leadership
Mike Massaro
(CEO)Mike joined Flywire as a VP of Business Development in 2012 before becoming CEO in 2013. Prior to this, he spent 6 years at Carrier IQ as a VP of Strategic Accounts & Corporate Development and Advisor.
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