Technology & Schema Lead (Payments/FS)

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Technology & Schema Lead (Payments/FS)

Seeking an experienced technology and integration specialist to lead schema analysis, migration tooling assessment, and technical specification work for a large-scale lockbox platform consolidation engagement within a major financial services organization.

What Youll Do

• Lead field-level schema comparison and gap analysis between legacy and target payment processing platforms, documenting transformation requirements and remediation options
• Assess and revalidate existing migration tooling for enterprise scale, identifying gaps and producing scoped revalidation and scaling plans
• Author functional specifications for output translation layers and client configuration registries that serve as the engineering blueprint for downstream execution teams
• Produce technical readiness and compliance checklists covering platform capacity, SOC 2/PCI scope, and BSA/AML control continuity

What Were Looking For

• 8–12 years of experience in systems integration, technical architecture, or platform migration in payments or fintech
• Deep understanding of payment processing platforms, remittance data formats, and output schema design
• Proven ability to produce high-quality functional and technical specifications that engineering teams build from directly
• Experience with migration tool assessment and scalability analysis in enterprise environments
• Strong grasp of compliance and regulatory requirements relevant to financial data migration (SOC 2, PCI DSS, BSA/AML)
• Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical complexity for both engineering and business stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience with lockbox, remittance, or receivables processing platforms
• Familiarity with parallel-run validation approaches and reconciliation architecture
• Background in B2B payments, wholesale lockbox, or financial institution technology