Solution Architect (f/m/x) Payment platform

What We Do

Mercedes pay enables seamless, secure, and trustworthy payments across the Mercedes-Benz ecosystem, including apps, web browsers, and in-car payment experiences.

About Mercedes pay

Mercedes pay is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG with offices in Berlin, Stuttgart, and Farmington Hills. It operates in more than 40 countries across five continents and provides payment transaction processing for Mercedes-Benz products and services.

Your Day at a Glance

• Shape innovative software and system architectures for the Mercedes pay payment platform and customer-facing products.
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into architecture decisions and scalable solution designs.
• Design, validate, and continuously evolve robust solutions aligned with current and future requirements.
• Assess systems, infrastructure, and business processes to identify improvements and ensure integration into the overall system landscape.
• Define platform architecture, including components, interfaces, data flows, technologies, platforms, and tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and Solution, Enterprise, Cloud, and Security Architects.
• Work with external development teams to ensure architectural consistency, quality standards, and best practices.
• Communicate complex topics clearly and document key solution decisions.

What You Bring to the Table

• Degree in Computer Science or a similar field and more than five years of experience as a Solution Architect in software product development.
• Hands-on experience integrating payment platforms, PSPs, and gateway services into merchant checkout implementations.
• Experience designing or operating payment systems, including gateway services, tokenization, authorization flows, and settlement or reconciliation.
• Deep familiarity with payment industry standards and PSP API ecosystems.
• Knowledge of PCI DSS, PSD2/SCA, AML/KYC basics, and practical experience embedding payment compliance requirements into solutions.
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Technical knowledge of microservices, event-driven architectures, Domain-Driven Design, DevOps, and CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, GitHub, Datadog, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Some exposure to information security; CCSP or CISSP certification is a plus.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with a calm, structured, and solution-oriented approach.

Our Offer to You

• Modern and dynamic work environment
• Flexible and mobile working
• Fitness offer and employee discounts
• Excellent infrastructure
• Hybrid work possibilities, lifelong learning, health benefits, and barrier-free workplace

This is a full-time job and is also suitable for part-time work. Applications are welcomed from disabled persons.