Lead Engineer - Payments Platform
Core
Design and build reliable, scalable, performant, and secure services for a global payments platform, enabling money movement and new product lines for small businesses.
Role type
Lead Engineer - Payments Platform
Builds
Global payment orchestration, risk & fraud services, multi-provider integrations, and a global bill payment product.
Domain
Financial Technology (Payments)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Distributed backend systems, high-throughput service design, system architecture, API design, SQL/NoSQL databases, cloud-native platforms (AWS), C#/Java/Golang/C++, AI tool adoption
Preferred skills
Technical leadership, mentoring engineers, breaking down complex problems, cross-functional partnership
Technologies
AWS, C#, Java, Golang, C++, SQL, NoSQL
Responsibilities
Designing payment platform capabilities (orchestration, risks & fraud, multi-providers), building a global bill payment product, developing core high-throughput platform services, integrating AI capabilities to enhance engineering workflows (via careerplan.io/jobs/4610d7b3-d178-4a7e-8cb0-f90507e92442-lead-engineer-payments-platform-at-xero)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
