VP Engineering

Paysafe is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With 30 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $152 billion in 2024, and approximately 3,000 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in 48 currencies around the world.

Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile‑initiated transactions, real‑time analytics and the convergence between brick‑and‑mortar and online payments. Further information is available at

• Database expertise:
  Oracle, Mongo
  
  DB, Dynamo
  
  DB, Memory
  
  DB, Redis

Paysafe is seeking an exceptional VP of Payments Engineering to lead our core payment processing and gateway infrastructure serving $300 B+ in annual transaction volume. This role owns the technical heart of Paysafe’s Platform: authorization engine, payment gateway, intelligent routing, and real‑time fraud detection serving enterprise and high‑volume merchants globally.

• Process 5,000+ peak TPS (scaling to 10,000+ live events)
• Maintain 99.99% uptime for mission‑critical payment infrastructure
• Build next‑generation cloud‑native payment processing infrastructure
• Enable and grow $300 B+ annual payment volume
• Delight thousands of enterprise merchants depending on our reliability
• Strengthen Paysafe’s competitive position

This is a high‑visibility transformation role reporting directly to the SVP of Payments Engineering. You will shape Paysafe’s competitive positioning while building the platform that serves thousands of merchants and partners. Direct impact on revenue, retention, and operational efficiency.

• 10+ years in payments technology, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles (Director, VP, or equivalent)
• Deep knowledge of payment processing: authorization flows, card networks (Visa, Mastercard, Amex), acquiring, issuing, settlement
• Hands‑on experience with payment processors:
  Worldpay, TSYS, Fiserv, or similar
• Understanding of fraud and risk management: real‑time scoring, 3DS, chargeback management
• Knowledge of payment regulations: PCI DSS, PSD2, card network rules, money transmitter licenses

• Proven track record building high‑scale systems: 2,000+ TPS, 99.99% uptime, sub‑100 ms latency requirements
• Cloud‑native architecture experience: AWS (preferred), Kubernetes/EKS; microservices; event‑driven architectures
• Led major technology transformations: cloud migrations, platform modernizations, legacy system replacements
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, databases

• Built and scaled engineering teams: 50+ engineers across multiple domains
• Managed senior leaders:
  Directors, Principal Engineers, Staff Engineers
• Cross‑functional collaboration:
  Product, Sales, Operations, Finance, Compliance
• Stakeholder management:
  Executive presentations, board updates, customer meetings

• Shipped mission‑critical systems with zero‑downtime requirements
• Managed high‑stakes events:
  Super Bowl‑scale iGaming traffic, Black Friday, live event processing
• Balanced innovation with stability: delivered new capabilities while maintaining operational excellence
• Navigated ambiguity and complexity, made decisions with incomplete information, adapted to changing priorities

• Enterprise payment processing (large merchants, complex integrations, SLA commitments)
• Fintech or payment startup experience (rapid growth, competitive markets)
• Real‑time event streaming:
  Kafka, Kinesis at scale
• Database expertise:
  Oracle, Mongo
  
  DB, Dynamo
  
  DB, Memory
  
  DB, Redis
• Open‑source contributions or technical thought leadership (blog, conferences, patents)
• Alternative payment methods: BNPL, wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay), bank transfers, crypto
• Developer platform experience: APIs, SDKs, developer portals, technical documentation