What We'll Bring
This role for Senior Architect, Application Dev & Design to operate as a technical authority on one of our core teams responsible for enabling new features and optimizing strategic solutions within TransUnion’s Global Decisioning Platforms.
As a Senior Architect, you will have both the accountability and freedom to design and build highly scalable systems that are taking TransUnion to the next level. You will own architectural direction across cloud-native platforms, microservices ecosystems, and enterprise application development — setting the standard for engineering excellence across agile delivery teams.
What You'll BringHow You’ll Contribute
Own and drive enterprise-wide architectural vision for TransUnion’s Global Decisioning Platforms
Define architectural roadmaps aligned to business strategy, scalability, and technology modernization goals
Lead cloud-native solution design across microservices, APIs, data pipelines, and platform integrations
Establish and govern architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails adopted across engineering teams
Lead service decomposition and domain modeling — defining bounded contexts and microservice boundaries
Facilitate Architecture Design Reviews (ADRs) and provide authoritative technical guidance
Drive cloud infrastructure architecture leveraging AWS/Azure services across compute, storage, messaging, and observability
Act as the final technical decision-maker on platform design, technology selection, and integration patterns
Evaluate and champion emerging technologies that advance platform capabilities and competitive positioning
Serve as a technical mentor and coach to senior and principal engineers across teams
Partner with Security, Compliance, and Product leadership to ensure solutions meet enterprise governance and regulatory standards
Represent architecture in executive-level discussions, translating complex technical concepts into business outcomes
What You’ll Bring
15+ years of software development experience with 7+ years in a senior architecture capacity
Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft .NET Technologies, C#, ASP.NET Core
Deep expertise in SQL Server, relational database architecture, performance tuning, and data modeling
Mastery of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices evolution strategies
Strong command of JavaScript / TypeScript and modern API integration patterns
Proven track record designing systems with carrier-grade availability, fault tolerance, and elastic scalability
Expert-level experience architecting enterprise solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP
Deep proficiency with cloud-native services: API Gateway, Lambda/Functions, EKS/AKS, SQS/Service Bus, S3/Blob Storage, CloudFront
Strong command of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — Terraform, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation
Architecture ownership of CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and platform engineering workflows
Deep experience with event-driven architecture using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or cloud-native messaging at scale
Advanced expertise in containerization and orchestration — Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
Experience governing service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) and enterprise API management platforms
Strong API-first design leadership across REST, GraphQL, and gRPC
Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and influence at the VP and C-suite level
Track record of building and scaling engineering capability through architecture governance and mentorship
Strong systems-thinking with the ability to balance technical idealism with pragmatic delivery
Experience leading architecture in Agile/SAFe at enterprise scale
Exceptional written and verbal communication — able to author Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), RFCs, and technical strategies
Impact You'll MakeWho We Are
At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.
Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities and local economies around the world.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
TransUnion Job Title
Sr Architect, Software Development
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