VP/Director, Software Engineering – Payments
Core
Own the technical strategy and modernization of the Credit Card Payments domain, establishing architecture and roadmap to improve resiliency and build a modern payment orchestration capability.
Role type
VP/Director, Software Engineering (Payments)
Builds
A resilient, vendor-independent payment orchestration layer for credit card processing, reconciliation, and posting.
Domain
Financial Services / Payments
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Payments domain expertise, Engineering leadership, API design, Event-driven architecture, Cross-functional strategy, Organizational development, Risk and regulatory compliance
Preferred skills
Payment orchestration experience, Banking platform integration, Modernization of legacy systems, Hiring and mentoring engineering leaders, Vendor management
Technologies
Cloud technologies, Payment processors, Banking platforms, ACH, Event-driven architecture, Observability tools
Responsibilities
Define short- and long-term payments technology strategy and target architecture; Lead near-term efforts to improve resiliency on existing vendor infrastructure; Establish a payment orchestration layer; Own technology decisions across the complete payment lifecycle; Identify failure modes and design for retries, recovery, and operational resilience; Lead technical discovery and translate findings into an executable modernization roadmap; Develop the engineering organization and identify talent gaps; Maintain strong security, risk, and regulatory controls.
Seniority
Executive (VP/Director), hands-on IC with heavy leadership focus
