About Distillery

About the Position

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to define and lead the technical foundation of a next-generation payments platform. This role will be responsible for designing scalable, secure, and event-driven solutions that support high-volume ACH transaction processing while ensuring compliance with banking and payment industry standards.

Responsibilities:
- Lead an initial discovery phase to define the overall solution architecture, align technical requirements, and establish engineering best practices.
- Design and document a robust Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) using Java and Spring Boot to support high-volume payment and ACH processing workflows.
- Architect AWS-native infrastructure that meets PCI-DSS requirements and bank-grade security standards while supporting multi-tenant data isolation.
- Define integration patterns and communication strategies between internal payment systems, third-party platforms, and external transaction processing services.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to establish data models, event schemas,



and ACH/NACHA processing frameworks.
- Review and approve technical decisions across backend, frontend, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and data engineering initiatives.
- Provide architectural leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, actively participating in sprint ceremonies and helping unblock technical challenges.
- Evaluate security controls, compliance requirements, and risk mitigation strategies in collaboration with business and compliance stakeholders.
- Drive architectural governance, ensuring consistency, scalability, maintainability, and operational reliability across all platform components.
- Mentor senior engineers and promote engineering excellence through design reviews, technical standards, and best practices.

Requirements:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years serving as a Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, or

📌 Solution Architect (Benito Juárez)
🏢 Distillery
📍 Benito Juárez