Java Architect

San Francisco, CA, us on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted February 23, 2026 Last posted February 23, 2026
Job description

 

 

Role: Java Architect

Duration: 12 months.

Location: San Francisco, CA

 

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify appropriate solutions and/or products that will best prepare the company to meet future business objectives.
  • Design the appropriate solution that is based on the business requirements
  • Document the design in the form of a conceptual approach which will be used as the basis for sizing and the creation of detailed design artifacts
  • Do proofs of concept (PoCs) and other technical evaluations of technologies, designs, and solutions.
  • Work with engineering professionals, architects and other stakeholders within Visa to ensure that the solution will scale appropriately and cost effectively.
  • Manage the creation of detail design and use case documents.
  • Work with developers and lead them from the architecture governance perspective during construction phase.
  • Troubleshooting production problems, when requested, and ensuring that a proper resolution is identified and implemented in a timely manner in response to any issues/problems.

This job requires about 20%-30% of programming and remainder on architecting (design, documentation)

 

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in systems design, architecture, and development.
  • Hands-on experience in using UML for solution design
  • Expert knowledge in HTTP, REST, JSON, XML, AJAX, SPA and design patterns
  • Working Experience in Java, J2EE, and Spring. Maven, Git
  • Must have experience in developing high volume and large scale distributed systems
  • Experience in architecting and building mobile enabled platform is a strong plus.
  • Desirable experience include API management, oAuth, developer portal
  • Experience in Payments, NFC, Mobile, or eCommerce is desirable but not required.

 

If interested . please revert your feedback to chris at tekwissen dot com with an updated resume and Visa status in US.

About this role

Summary

Designs and documents scalable Java solutions, leads architecture, and troubleshoots production issues.

Job title

Java Architect

Experience level

7+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

San Francisco, CA, on-site, 20-30% remote possible

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

JavaJ2EESpringUMLHTTPRESTJSONXMLAJAXdesign patternsMavenGit

Preferred skills

API managementoAuthdeveloper portalmobile platformpaymentsNFCeCommerce

Specializations

Javaarchitecturedesign patternsRESTmicroservices
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City