Lead Engineer / Payment Architect

5 months ago
Contract
Lead
Software Development
Your Business

Your Business

Empowering businesses one transaction at a time. More approvals, lower fees, total payment freedom.

Diversified Financial Services

Description

  • Architect and lead the end-to-end payment orchestration strategy.
  • Design multi-PSP routing logic and failover systems.
  • Lead integrations from gateway abstraction layers to direct acquirer connections.
  • Oversee token migration and vault strategy.
  • Ensure PCI-compliant design and security best practices.
  • Guide backend and DevOps engineers through implementation.
  • Modernize checkout infrastructure without disrupting the customer experience.
  • Drive payment orchestration improvements that reduce friction and improve authorization rates.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in payments infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of REST APIs, webhooks, tokenization, recurring billing logic, and card-not-present flows.
  • Experience integrating PSPs such as Worldpay, Checkout.com, Adyen, and Stripe.
  • Experience designing high-availability systems.
  • Deep payments architecture experience is mandatory.
  • Experience with orchestration platforms such as Gr4vy or Stripe is highly desirable, but not required.
  • Exposure to Gr4vy integration is preferred.
  • Experience with subscription or SaaS billing systems is preferred.
  • Experience with gateway-to-direct processor migration projects is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive contract compensation.
  • Flexible remote work structure.
  • Long-term engagement opportunity.
  • High-impact architecture project.
  • Executive visibility.
  • Clear scope and clear timeline.
  • Technical ownership.

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