Associate Architect at Paysafe in London

Job description

Paysafe is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With 29 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $152 billion in 2024, and approximately 3,300 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in 48 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com. It starts here. Have a global impact on the world of payments. The Financial Platforms Architecture team defines the architecture, integration patterns, and technology strategy across the company’s Finance Technology landscape. The team works closely with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, Risk, and Engineering stakeholders to deliver a modern, scalable, and well-controlled set of finance platforms that support accurate financial reporting, reconciliation, treasury operations, and regulatory requirements. The Associate Architect – Financial Platforms is a hands-on solution architecture role intended for experienced solution architects or highly seasoned senior engineers with strong enterprise system design experience. This role is suitable for someone who already demonstrates architectural judgement and is capable of owning solution design within their domain while operating within a broader architecture governance model. This role contributes directly to the design and evolution of Finance platforms, including ERP, reconciliation, treasury, reporting, and integration layers. It operates under the guidance of a Senior Architect and Dev leadership but is expected to work independently on defined problem spaces and initiatives. The role focuses on financial platforms and the post-transaction financial lifecycle, rather than merchant-facing or real-time payment authorization platforms. What Paysafe stands for: • Being open and honest. • Keeping focused. • Operating with Courage. • Pioneering the future. How we work: We follow a hybrid working model, spending an average of three days per week at our office location. The office is located in Gresham Street, next to St Paul’s cathedral with easy access and transport links via St Paul’s, Bank, Cannon Street, City Thameslink, Liverpool Street, Farringdon, Mansion House. What to expect: • Evaluate Finance and business requirements and translate them into coherent, end-to-end solution designs under architectural governance • Design solutions spanning Finance platforms such as ERP, reconciliation, treasury, reporting, and analytics systems • Contribute to architecture decisions across system boundaries, including data flows, integrations, and platform responsibilities • Produce clear architecture and design artefacts for new initiatives and enhancements aligned to Finance Technology standards • Act as a trusted technical point of contact for Finance Technology solution design topics • Articulate complex, data-driven solutions to Finance, Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, and Technology stakeholders • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions support financial controls, auditability, and operational resilience • Support platform rationalisation and transformation initiatives, including consolidation of systems and reduction of technical debt • Apply and promote best practices across finance system design, integration patterns, data consistency, and architectural governance To be successful, you will have: • Demonstrable experience in solution or platform architecture, or equivalent senior-level experience designing complex enterprise systems