Senior Architect, Software Development

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Team Overview

The role will sit within the organisation responsible for platform engineering, OneDev 2.0 and technology modernisation, with a focus on providing architecture leadership across shared engineering capabilities.

The team's current priorities include:

OneDev 2.0 and platform engineering
Technology modernisation
Architecture governance and engineering standards
Operational resilience
Improving engineering effectiveness and reducing architectural bottlenecks

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.

Role Overview And Core Responsibilities

The Senior Architect will provide architecture leadership across platform engineering and modernisation, translating strategic technology direction into scalable engineering solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Own and guide architecture for strategic platform and modernisation initiatives.
• Define architecture patterns, technical standards and engineering guardrails.
• Lead architecture decisions for complex, cross-team technology initiatives.
• Partner with engineering teams to translate architecture into executable solutions.
• Review solution designs for scalability, resilience, security, maintainability and operational readiness.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt early in the delivery lifecycle.
• Reduce technical decision bottlenecks by providing senior-level architecture direction.
• Drive standardisation and reuse across engineering teams rather than allowing fragmented solutions.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads and strengthen architecture capability within the broader organisation.
• Support technology roadmap development and alignment between platform strategy and engineering execution.

Required Knowledge And Experiences

Required Knowledge and Experience: Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, CI/CD, DevSecOps, platform engineering and cloud-native delivery. Strong knowledge of modern software delivery technologies including Harness, source control, JFrog Artifactory, SonarQube, IaC, policy-as-code and developer platforms. Experience establishing architecture standards, reusable patterns, security controls and governance across enterprise engineering environments. Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents and agentic workflows, with experience or demonstrated ability to integrate AI-assisted capabilities into the CI/CD lifecycle for intelligent automation, pipeline optimisation, troubleshooting, security analysis, knowledge discovery and engineering productivity. Knowledge of RAG, enterprise knowledge grounding, AI tool/API integration, Responsible AI and governance is highly desirable.

TransUnion Overview:

At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.

 

Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Architect, Software Development