Accountabilities
In this role, you will define and drive backend engineering strategy across multiple teams, ensuring alignment between architecture, scalability needs, and product goals. You will own the design and evolution of distributed backend systems that support high-performance payment infrastructure and third-party integrations. Key responsibilities include:
- Setting technical direction across backend and platform engineering teams, including architecture decisions and system design standards
- Designing and building scalable, reliable distributed systems that support global payment flows and partner integrations
- Acting as the technical authority for third-party PSP and partner connectivity, ensuring seamless integration experiences
- Influencing engineering practices across teams through design reviews, code contributions, and mentorship
- Identifying and resolving cross-team dependencies and technical bottlenecks before they impact delivery
- Partnering closely with product and engineering leadership to shape roadmap priorities based on technical constraints and opportunities
- Driving engineering excellence through adoption of best practices such as testing strategies, rigorous documentation, and scalable design principles
Requirements
This role requires deep backend engineering expertise and proven experience operating at a senior staff or principal level in complex, distributed systems environments. You should be comfortable driving technical direction across teams and influencing without formal authority. Ideal qualifications include:
- Extensive experience in backend engineering, with a strong track record of building and scaling distributed systems
- Proven ability to operate at staff or principal engineer level, influencing architecture across multiple teams
- Strong understanding of payments infrastructure, developer platforms, or complex integration systems
- Hands-on experience with system design, scalability, reliability engineering, and performance optimization
- Experience with programming languages such as Python or similar backend-focused languages
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated leadership through technical mentorship, design leadership, and cross-team collaboration
- Comfort working in remote-first, fast-moving environments with ambiguity and evolving priorities
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