Distinguished Engineer (Global Payment Network)

Discover Financial
Plano, Houston
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 269,100 - 307,200 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Mentoring","Technical leadership","Problem-solving","Communication"]

Design, build, and operate mission-critical Global Payment Network systems powering secure, accurate, low-latency money movement across domestic and international rails. Lead technical vision for non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability while decomposing complex problems into practical solutions. Work in a 100% cloud-native environment, collaborating with developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and senior technical leaders to accelerate delivery using advanced AI tooling.

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Distinguished Engineer (Global Payment Network)

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate mission-critical Global Payment Network systems powering secure, accurate, low-latency money movement across domestic and international rails. Lead technical vision for non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability while decomposing complex problems into practical solutions. Work in a 100% cloud-native environment, collaborating with developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and senior technical leaders to accelerate delivery using advanced AI tooling.
Location: Plano, Houston
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
  • •Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions.
  • •Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
  • •Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics such as performance, scalability, and operability.
  • •Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, leading through technical contribution.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 269,100 - 307,200 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree.
  • •At least 7 years of experience in general software.
  • •At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
  • •At least 8 years of experience leveraging the full lifecycle of system development (conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support).
  • •3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.
Experience:7+ years
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field
Skills:MentoringTechnical leadershipProblem-solvingCommunication
Tech Stack:CloudJavaPythonGoJavaScript/TypeScriptSwiftPublic cloudPrivate cloudBGPWi-FiSD-WANCloud NetworkingData Center NetworkingClaude CodeWindsurfAI agents

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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