Payment Systems Architect ​/ Lead Engineer

Payment Systems Architect / Lead Engineer

We are looking for a seasoned Payment Systems Architect / Lead Engineer to define and lead the technical vision of our enterprise payments platform. This role will partner closely with Product to translate business requirements and payment journeys into a scalable, secure, and resilient architecture supporting omnichannel experiences across in-store POS, e-commerce, mobile, kiosk, and call center environments. This is a hands-on leadership role with end-to-end ownership of architecture, engineering execution, and platform reliability.

Skills Required:

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in payment systems architecture
• Strong expertise in C# and .NET/.NET Core, with deep knowledge of distributed and event-driven systems
• Proven experience building payment abstraction/orchestration platforms in multi-processor environments
• Hands-on experience with payment integrations across gateways, processors, and acquirers
• Strong knowledge of payment standards: REST, ISO 8583, EMV, NFC, 3DS2, tokenization, and webhooks
• Experience with POS systems and card-present payment flows (EMV, contactless)
• Expertise in digital wallet integrations and tokenization frameworks
• Deep understanding of PCI-DSS and secure payment system design
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Service Bus)
• Strong SQL and data modeling experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Role & Responsibilities:
Architecture & Platform Design

• Own and evolve the enterprise payment architecture, including a robust payment abstraction/API layer decoupling business application from processors, gateways, and PSPs
• Design intelligent routing, failover strategies, and orchestration across a multi-vendor ecosystem (e.g., Stripe, Adyen, Braintree, Worldpay, Chase Paymentech)
• Architect unified payment flows across all channels ensuring consistency and scalability
• Define tokenization, encryption, and secure data handling strategies to minimize PCI scope
• Lead design of integrations across REST APIs, webhooks, ISO 8583, EMV, NFC, and 3DS2

Platform Engineering & Delivery

• Lead development of a scalable payment platform using C#