Lead a team of engineers and architects to design and implement strategic technology initiatives within the Payment Platform Technology organization. Provide technical leadership and ensure alignment with long-term business and technology objectives in the digital payments domain.
Responsibilities
- Guide and collaborate with engineers and architects to develop and execute a strategic technology roadmap with a clear target state aligned to business and technology goals.
- Create, evaluate, and approve architectural designs that inform project scoping and detailed low-level design development.
- Contribute to and influence product and technology strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and innovative problem-solving for new and existing business opportunities.
- Define system, technical, application, and deployment architectures for major development initiatives, recommending strategies that ensure cost efficiency and competitive advantage across platforms.
- Research and apply best-practice frameworks and capability models to reduce costs, enhance quality, and improve system reliability.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, infrastructure trends, and processes in the payments industry.
- Collaborate with architecture teams and technology leaders across the organization.
- Act as the domain expert for Identity and Access Management (IAM) and promote IAM best practices across teams.
- Lead the automation and modernization of development and architecture workflows using AI agents, large language models (LLMs), and workflow technologies.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, 7+ years with an Advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), 4+ years with a PhD, or 13+ years of relevant work experience without a degree.
Nice to Have
- 12+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, 8–10 years with an Advanced degree, or 6+ years with a PhD.
- Experience in designing and implementing distributed, highly scalable, and highly available systems.
- 10+ years of technical leadership across all phases of the software development lifecycle.
- Proficiency in Java, web applications, web services, and technology standards and frameworks.
- Proven experience in designing and developing native mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms.
- Strong understanding of architecture methodologies and modeling techniques.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership abilities.
- Skilled in facilitation and analytical thinking with an open and collaborative mindset.
- Experience in electronic payments and financial services industries.
Tech Stack
Java, web applications, web services, distributed systems, mobile applications (iOS and Android), IAM (Identity and Access Management), AI agents, LLMs, workflows, digital payments, tokenization, digital currencies, GenAI
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- FSA/HSA
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Program
Compensation
192,300.00 to 307,600.00 USD per year. Equity: eligible for equity. eligible for bonus
Work Arrangement
hybrid — Expectations regarding in-office days will be determined by your Hiring Manager.
Team
team of bright, motivated engineers and leaders; member of the PPT Architecture Team; reports to not specified
- customer-first mindset
- relentless product innovation
- tackling meaningful challenges
- growing your skills
- impact at scale
- work that matters to you, your community, and the world
Additional Information
- Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
- Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
- Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
- EEO Employer: Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
- Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
- Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
- U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for this position is 192,300.00 to 307,600.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
