Head of Platform Engineering

Optimized Payments is the only fintech firm purpose-built to find and unlock value wherever it resides in our portfolio’s payment ecosystem. We’ve assembled a team with deep expertise across payments specialties to develop a proprietary analytics platform that finds actionable insights. We are an Atlanta based 17-year-old, and growing, company looking for talented individuals who want to grow with us.

Our client portfolio includes Fortune 500 firms such as Apple, Staples, Safeway, Priceline, Auto Nation, and the U.S. Postal Service.

Are you a strategic mastermind and technical genius looking to join a fintech? Look no further! Optimized Payments is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Head of Platform Engineering to join our growing team.

Optimized Payments is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to own and scale the core technology platform behind Harmonize, our payments analytics system of record. This leader will be responsible for end-to-end platform delivery — including front-end, back-end, and Dev Ops — with a mandate to improve execution speed, reliability, and scalability across the platform.

This is a hands‑on leadership role focused on driving outcomes, building strong engineering discipline, and ensuring the platform can support rapid innovation, including AI-driven capabilities.

The role requires expertise in Spring Boot, API development, and building UI/UX components in React. The leader will develop scalable Java applications and collaborate with the UI/UX team on React components. Experience with Azure Dev Ops for CI/CD automation and deployment is also required.

This is an Atlanta, GA based position. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.

• Own the end‑to‑end architecture and delivery of the Harmonize platform
• Lead both front‑end and back‑end development, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
• Drive platform modernization and technical roadmap, aligned with business priorities
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Java Spring Boot
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver high‑quality features

• Improve speed, predictability, and quality of releases
• Eliminate operational bottlenecks and reduce manual processes

• Own Dev Ops, cloud infrastructure, and deployment strategy (Azure‑based stack)
• Implement best practices for automation, monitoring, and uptime
• Ensure platform is secure, stable, and enterprise‑ready
• Directly manage onshore resources:
  Senior Developer, Head of Security

• Build a high‑performance engineering culture through strong ownership and accountability, clear technical direction, and focus on results versus activity
• Lead the Architectural Guild Council and provide architectural guidance and technical direction across all engineering teams

• Partner closely with Product, Data AI, and Data Engineering teams
• Ensure tight alignment between product roadmap and engineering execution

• Clear, simplified platform architecture and ownership model
• Faster, more reliable release cycles
• Improved platform stability and data reliability
• Strong Dev Ops foundation with minimal manual intervention
• Tangible progress on AI‑driven features within Harmonize
• High confidence from leadership in engineering execution

• 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles
• Proven experience owning end‑to‑end platform development across frontend, backend, and infrastructure, including database design and familiarity with versioning/migration tools such as Liquibase
• Strong experience with cloud‑native architectures (Azure preferred)
• Deep understanding of Dev Ops, CI/CD, and scalable system design
• Track record of improving execution velocity and engineering discipline

• Experience building data platforms or analytics systems
• Exposure to AI/ML‑driven product development
• Background in payments, fintech, or high‑scale data environments
• High ownership – takes responsibility for…