Founding Engineer, Payments
Core
Architect and build critical payment systems from the ground up, working directly with customers and partners to take complex payment capabilities from idea to production.
Role type
Founding Payments Engineer (IC)
Builds
Payments infrastructure and products for the payments ecosystem
Domain
Fintech / Payments
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Payments ecosystem expertise, Systems engineering, Production infrastructure, PCI DSS compliance, Reliability engineering, Customer-facing technical communication
Preferred skills
AI tooling, Deep domain specialization in one payments area
Technologies
Visa, Mastercard, ISO 8583/20022, Tokenization, Authorization systems, Settlement systems
Responsibilities
Architect and build critical payment systems from the ground up; Work directly with customers and partners to understand problems and build solutions; Debug complex integrations and production issues; Ensure system reliability, idempotency, and security; Collaborate with founders to shape company architecture
