Software Engineering Manager

We are looking for a hands-on Development Manager to lead and contribute to the design and delivery of payment systems and third‐party integration in a fast-growing fintech environment. This role blends people leadership with deep technical ownership, requiring regular involvement in architecture, code reviews, and complex problem-solving.

The ideal candidate has strong experience building Java-based microservices, working with high-throughput payment platforms, and integrating with multiple external partners. Exposure to AI/ML-driven solutions (e.g., fraud detection, anomaly detection, intelligent routing, or automation) is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities

Hands-On Technical Leadership

• Actively design, develop, and review Java-based microservices supporting payment processing and partner integrations.
• Lead architectural decisions for scalable, resilient, and secure payment systems.
• Write and review production code, especially for complex workflows such as retries, idempotency, settlement, reconciliation, and failure handling.
• Define and enforce engineering standards around API design, error handling, observability, and performance.
• Drive adoption of modern architecture such as event-driven systems and domain-driven design where appropriate.

Payments & Third-Party Integrations – Must have

• Own end-to-end delivery of payments functionality, including authorization, capture, settlement, refunds, and reporting.
• Design and implement integrations with third-party providers such as payment gateways, processors, banks, fraud vendors, and compliance partners.
• Ensure integration robustness—timeouts, retries, fallback strategies, and backward compatibility.
• Oversee partner onboarding, certification flows, sandbox integrations, and production go-lives.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex payment or integration issues.

AI & Intelligent Automation (Exposure / Enablement)

• Collaborate with data science or platform teams to integrate AI/ML-driven capabilities into payment and risk workflows.
• Enable or support use cases such as fraud detection, transaction monitoring, anomaly detection, intelligent routing, or operational automation.
• Ensure AI-enabled services are production-ready, explainable, monitored, and compliant with regulatory expectations.

Team Leadership & Engineering Excellence

• Manage and mentor a team of backend engineers, balancing delivery, quality, and growth.
• Set clear technical direction while empowering engineers to own solutions.
• Conduct performance reviews, provide regular feedback, and coach engineers on design and coding best practices.
• Promote strong CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security best practices, and operational readiness.

Execution & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Security, Compliance, and Operations to deliver reliable, compliant solutions.
• Translate business, regulatory, and partner requirements into clear technical designs and execution plans.
• Own delivery timelines, risk management, and incident response for your domain.
• Lead post-incident reviews and drive measurable improvements in reliability and system resilience.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience, with 3+ years in technical leadership or development management role.
• Strong, hands-on experience building Java microservices (e.g., Spring Boot, REST APIs, messaging).
• Proven experience in payments, fintech, or financial systems.
• Extensive experience integrating with external third-party systems using REST APIs, webhooks, messaging, or file-based integrations.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Experience with cloud-native development (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of eventing technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and async processing patterns.
• Experience leading teams using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of security standards: PCI-DSS, OAuth2, JWT, TLS.
• Proficiency with SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience with DevOps tooling: Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Maven/Gradle.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with payment ecosystems (cards, wallets, ACH, SEPA, RTP, or real-time payments).
• Familiarity with payment gateways, processors, or acquiring platforms.
• Knowledge of eventing technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and async processing patterns.
• Exposure to AI/ML applications in payments, fraud, or operations.

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