Technical Lead, KPS (Payments Systems)
Core
Lead the design, development, and operation of mission-critical payment platform capabilities for K-12 schools, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable transaction processing.
Role type
Senior Technical Lead, Payments Systems
Builds
Customer-facing payment pages, payment gateway integrations, and transaction orchestration services for a SaaS platform serving 27,000 schools.
Domain
Financial Technology (Payments) / Education Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Payment system architecture, payment gateway integrations, distributed systems design, API development, PCI DSS compliance, incident management, technical strategy definition, team mentorship.
Preferred skills
Cloud-native architecture, Azure platform experience, fraud prevention strategies, reconciliation workflows.
Technologies
C#, Java, TypeScript, Python, Go, Azure
Responsibilities
Define technical strategy and architecture for payment systems; lead development of customer-facing payment experiences; drive integrations with payment processors and gateways; ensure high availability and reliability of payment services; mentor engineers on software design and security practices; partner with Product and Security teams on compliance and delivery.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities