Solution Architect, Mastercard
Managing Consultant, Innovation Consulting
Global payments technology company
Open for applications
Global payments technology company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings proven architectural experience within the banking and financial services domain, combined with strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Proven, advanced experience designing and delivering solution architectures within the banking, payments, or broader financial services industry
- Strong experience working directly with clients to elicit requirements, manage ambiguity, and drive alignment on architectural decisions
- Demonstrated ability to define and communicate complex, distributed system architectures clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven collaboration with cross-functional teams including architects, developers, QA, product managers, and delivery leads in a matrixed environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting and defending architectural approaches at senior levels Desirable or additional capabilities include:
- Experience designing solutions deployed on public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Cloud architecture certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or GCP Professional Architect) are a strong advantage
- Experience with API-driven, microservices-based, or large-scale distributed systems
- Familiarity with payment ecosystems, fintech integrations, or Mastercard products and platforms
What the job involves
- The Deploy team within Advisory & Customer Services (A&CS) is looking for a Solution Architect (Managing Consultant, Innovation Consulting) to play a critical role in enabling successful delivery of solutions for our clients
- Based in Paris, France, this senior, client-facing role partners closely with Mastercard customers, delivery teams, and product stakeholders to define, document, and communicate robust, scalable solution architectures
- Lead architectural engagement with Mastercard clients, driving discovery, requirements definition, and solution design for complex implementations
- Define end-to-end solution architectures for projects involving Mastercard products (such as Ethoca Clarity and Click to Pay), client-led initiatives, and Mastercard Engage partner solutions
- Act as the primary architectural authority for Deploy-led engagements, guiding engineering teams through implementation and ensuring adherence to the agreed design
- Drive architectural decision-making, balancing client requirements, Mastercard standards, security controls, scalability, and long-term maintainability
- Produce high-quality architectural artefacts, including solution diagrams, architecture decision records, integration designs, and technical documentation
- Communicate architecture clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, including client architects, developers, QA teams, product managers, and senior stakeholders
- Identify technical risks early and work collaboratively with delivery teams to resolve challenges and ensure successful outcomes
Application process
- End Date: August 2, 2026
Our take
Mastercard is in the global payments business, and operates the world's fastest payments processing network. Its products and solutions have become central to everyday commerce across the world, in activities ranging from shopping and travelling to running businesses.
As the economy has become more and more digitized, Mastercard has been a leading player in helping businesses and individuals across the globe embrace card payments and digital banking. One of the world's largest companies, its revenue has seen consistent gain in the last 20 years.
The challenge for modern payments companies is that payments are always changing, as seen in the astronomical rise of contactless payments over the last decade. Mastercard's acquisition of blockchain systems, and an overall focus on leveraging its technology towards a digital economy, has placed the company in good stead to keep up to date with current trends, like cryptocurrency, in the digitized payments world.
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Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Purchase, Harrison, NY
Leadership
Michael Miebach
(CEO)Michael has served in a variety of roles at the company, including President and CPO. They are currently a Board Member at IBM, Accion, the World Resources Institute, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the Metropolitan Opera. They are also a Trustee of USCIB.
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