Solutions Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Hands-on Solutions Architect with extensive expertise in Retail Point of Sale (POS) and Payment platforms. This role is responsible for defining, designing, and implementing enterprise-grade POS and payment solutions that are secure, resilient, and scalable. The ideal candidate combines architectural vision with deep technical execution, ensuring solutions are not just designed but also delivered with high quality across complex retail environments.  This individual will serve as the technical lead for client-facing projects, responsible for translating business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.

At Confiz, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that solve complex business problems. As part of our expansion in LATAM, we are seeking a highly skilled Solutions Architect based in Mexico to play a key role in designing scalable, high-performance systems that meet the unique needs of our global clients.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end solution design for POS, checkout, and payment processing systems across stores, mobile, and e-commerce.
• Translate business and functional requirements into detailed technical architectures, integration designs, and system blueprints.
• Define data flows, API specifications, and event-driven patterns for transactions, settlements, loyalty, and fraud detection.
• Design high-availability and offline-first architectures for in-store environments with intermittent connectivity.
• Provide hands-on guidance to engineering teams, including prototyping, coding proof-of-concepts, and reviewing designs.
• Partner with developers on POS SDKs, payment device integrations, and gateway APIs (e.g., Verifone, Ingenico, Adyen, Stripe, PayPal).
• Lead performance tuning for transaction throughput, latency optimization, and reconciliation accuracy.
• Establish observability (logging, monitoring, alerting) and failover/recovery mechanisms for mission-critical POS/payment systems.
• Implement integrations with ERP, OMS, CRM, Loyalty, Fraud Management, and Digital Wallets.
• Ensure solutions are compliant with PCI-DSS, EMV, GDPR, and tokenization/security standards.
• Define and validate non-functional requirements such as scalability, reliability, and operational resilience.
• Stay hands-on with emerging retail technologies (RFID checkout, mobile wallets, tap-to-pay, QR-based payments).
• Experiment with cloud-native POS microservices, edge computing, and AI/ML for fraud detection and personalization.
• Contribute reusable solution components, frameworks, and technical accelerators for enterprise-wide adoption.

 

Qualifications:

• 8 years in technology engineering and architecture, with 5+ years in Retail POS & Payments.
• Proven experience with POS systems (NCR, Toshiba, Oracle Retail, custom POS) and payment platforms (Adyen, Stripe, PayPal, Worldpay, FIS).
• Strong expertise in Java, .NET, or Node.js, with working knowledge of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven architecture (Kafka, Pulsar, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and hybrid architectures supporting retail stores.
• Experience designing secure payment workflows, tokenization, encryption, and integration with acquirers/processors.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong debugging, performance optimization, and troubleshooting skills in distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Fluent in English and Spanish

We have a global team of amazing individuals working on highly innovative enterprise projects & products. Our customer base includes Fortune 100 retail and CPG companies, leading store chains, fast growth fintech, and multiple Silicon Valley startups.

What makes Confiz stand out is our focus on processes and culture. Confiz is ISO 9001:2015 (QMS), ISO 27001:2022 (ISMS), ISO 20000-1:2018 (ITSM) and ISO 14001:2015 (EMS) Certified. We have a vibrant culture of learning via collaboration and making workplace fun.

People who work with us work with cutting-edge technologies while contributing success to the company as well as to themselves. 

To know more about Confiz Limited, visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/confiz/