About The Company
Ouro is dedicated to delivering financial empowerment to millions of Americans, leveraging a proprietary payments technology platform that fuels its fintech product innovations. From prepaid, credit and debit account solutions, to digital account and money movement services, Ouro has a broad suite of products and technologies that deliver exceptional experiences for its customers and business partners across co-branded, white label and banking-as-a service verticals. Since its founding in 1999, Ouro products have helped millions of consumers nationwide, and processed tens of billions of dollars.
Present day: Legendary Austin fintech Ouro has opened a new chapter in its role as market maker with the return of its visionary founders Roy and Bertrand Sosa. The combined company meshes Ouro’s customer and partner portfolios, payments platform and innovations with the international footprint and money movement capabilities of Rêv Worldwide, the company the Sosas founded after Ouro. The reunion creates a revitalized financial services innovator on a mission to reimagine financial services for consumers around the world and to redefine the industry once again.
Ouro fosters a high-performance culture and we are building a unified platform and product suite capable of bringing financial mobility and freedom to consumers around the world despite differences in language, currency, culture, and geography.
Job Overview
As a Solutions Architect, you will play a key role in designing and implementing complex systems and applications. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders, including business executives, project managers, and development teams, to ensure the technical feasibility and success of projects. Your expertise will bridge the gap between business problems and technology solutions.
Responsibilities
- Architecture Design: Designing end-to-end architecture solutions that meet business requirements and align with technical strategies.
- Technical Leadership: Providing technical leadership and guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Requirements Gathering: Collaborating with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements.
- Solution Proposals: Developing and presenting solution proposals, including technical specifications, architecture diagrams, and cost estimates.
- Technology Evaluation: Evaluating and recommending technologies and tools to support the solution architecture.
- Prototyping: Building prototypes or proof-of-concepts to validate design decisions and technical feasibility.
- Integration: Designing and overseeing the integration of systems and applications, ensuring seamless data flow and functionality.
- Scalability and Performance: Ensuring solutions are scalable, performant, and secure.
- Documentation: Creating and maintaining technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API specifications, and deployment guides.
- Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating technical risks associated with projects.
- Mentorship: Mentoring and coaching development teams on best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns.
Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
Experience
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a Solutions Architect role.
- Proven experience as a Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, or similar role.
- Strong background in software development, with expertise in designing and implementing complex systems and applications.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
Skills
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and presentation abilities, with the capability to articulate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders.
- Leadership and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
- Certifications : Relevant certifications in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) or cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect).