Director, Software Engineering (Core Money Transfer)
AI summary of the role
Director-level engineering leadership role overseeing multiple teams building the Core Money Transfer platform at Western Union.
What you’ll do
- Lead multiple engineering teams delivering critical capabilities across the Core Money Transfer platform, spanning software delivery, API services, and platform health/operations.
- Drive architectural direction and platform modernization to improve performance, reliability, and delivery velocity.
- Establish operational excellence models for application support, incident management, and vulnerability remediation.
- Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams across regions, fostering a culture of accountability and engineering excellence.
What you’ll bring
- 12+ years professional experience (or MS with 10+ years) including 6+ years in engineering leadership.
- Deep experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, microservices, APIs, cloud-native platforms, and event-driven architectures.
- Working knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, and related frameworks.
- Experience with Agile, TDD, and CI/CD pipelines.
Technologies
Java · Spring Boot · AWS · Azure · Google Cloud · Kubernetes · microservices · event-driven architectures · CI/CD · TDD · infrastructure as code · observability
About Western Union
Global money movement network for consumers, businesses, institutions and governments across cash retail, digital remittance, bill pay and regulated stablecoin settlement.
Public · 5000+ people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
Are you ready to help modernize a software engineering organization that builds products connecting millions of users around the world? Are you seeking an opportunity to join a globally diverse organization where unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, and where everyone is empowered to thrive? Join Western Union as a Director, Software Engineering. Role Overview Western Union is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead engineering teams responsible for delivering critical capabilities across our Core Money Transfer platform. This leader will help shape the strategic direction of the platform, contribute to long-term roadmap planning, drive execution against business priorities, and provide engineering leadership, coaching, and organizational direction on a day-to-day basis. The role oversees multiple engineering teams spanning software delivery, API services,
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Are you ready to help modernize a software engineering organization that builds products connecting millions of users around the world? Are you seeking an opportunity to join a globally diverse organization where unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, and where everyone is empowered to thrive? Join Western Union as a Director, Software Engineering. Role Overview Western Union is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead engineering teams responsible for delivering critical capabilities across our Core Money Transfer platform. This leader will help shape the strategic direction of the platform, contribute to long-term roadmap planning, drive execution against business priorities, and provide engineering leadership, coaching, and organizational direction on a day-to-day basis. The role oversees multiple engineering teams spanning software delivery, API services, and platform health and operations functions, and is accountable for delivering exceptional technology solutions and measurable business outcomes. Key Responsibilities Platform Delivery Guide the architectural direction of scalable, high-performance systems by partnering with architects and engineering leaders to deliver resilient, secure, and highly available platforms. Deliver technical and business outcomes by making sound technology investment, architectural, and product trade-off decision [... source excerpt omitted ...] debt, improve resiliency, and accelerate delivery velocity. Accountable for platform availability, delivery predictability, engineering productivity, operational excellence, and customer-impacting performance metrics. Operational Excellence Establish robust support and execution models to effectively manage ad-hoc and operational requests without disrupting planned delivery. Advocate for developer experience through platform abstractions, tooling, and standards that enhance engineering productivity and consistency. Promote continuous improvement through modern engineering practices, CI/CD, and cloud-native design principles. Lead engineering teams responsible for applicati [... source excerpt omitted ...] riorities. Lead multiple engineering teams through the delivery lifecycle, ensuring predictable execution, technical excellence, and alignment with business objectives. Required Qualifications Demonstrated experience leading large-scale software engineering organizations responsible for mission-critical platforms and customer-facing capabilities. BS in Computer Science or a related field with 12+ years of professional experience, or MS with 10+ years, including 6+ years in an engineering leadership role. Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-enabled engineering practices to improve software quality, developer productivity, code generation, automated testing, documentation, and deliv
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