- In this role, you will help shape the technical foundation for money movement capabilities while unlocking new product lines globally.
- You will guide the design and development of reliable, scalable, performant, and secure services for the platform, ensuring operational excellence and direct business outcomes.
- This is a rare chance to join an early-stage initiative, make foundational architectural decisions, and have a visible impact on the future of small businesses.
- By contributing directly to production code and proof-of-concepts, you will solve complex financial technology challenges at a massive scale.
- The Payments Platform team is the engine powering money movement across the entire ecosystem, collaborating closely with product, security, risk, and operations.
- Together, we work cross-functionally to translate complex business needs into resilient engineering solutions that support millions of subscribers.
- Designing and building out payment platform capabilities, such as orchestration, risks & fraud, multi-providers, to accelerate various payment products development and improve operational posture.
- Building out a global bill payment product to streamline how small businesses manage their cash flow.
- Developing core high-throughput platform services.
- Integrating and championing artificial intelligence capabilities to accelerate engineering productivity and enhance developer workflows.

Requirements

- You bring a proven track record of delivering highly available, distributed backend systems and designing high-throughput services under real-world constraints.
- A deep understanding of system architecture, API design, and both SQL and NoSQL databases is essential.
- Your background includes proficiency in modern backend stacks such as C#, Java, Golang, or C++,



alongside cloud-native platforms like AWS.
- You are passionate about staying hands-on contributing directly to production code, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives.
- You possess strong leadership capabilities, with a passion for setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and fostering an inclusive culture.
- You demonstrate strong ability in breaking down complex problems into clear, actionable solutions while driving agile execution to deliver results.
- You are a robust partner to Product, Design, and other cross-functional teams to translate complex business needs into resilient engineering solutions.
- You are a champion of advanced usage in AI tools and practices across the team to accelerate development workflows.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing high-throughput, distributed backend systems, with a strong focus on API design and cloud-native platforms. Proven ability to lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and translate complex business needs into effective engineering solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Backend System Design
- API Design
- Cloud-Native Platforms
- Leadership in Engineering
- AI Integration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- C#
- Java
- Golang
- C++
- SQL Databases
- NoSQL Databases
- System Architecture
- High-Throughput Services
- Agile Execution
- Proof-of-Concept Development

Soft Skills

- Problem-Solving
- Mentoring
- Collaboration
- Inclusive Culture Building
- Communication

Industry Keywords

- Financial Technology
- Money Movement
- Operational Excellence
- Small Business Solutions
- Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

- AWS
- AI Tools
- Payment Platforms
- Fraud Detection Systems
- Orchestration Tools

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📌 Lead Engineer – Payments Platform (Vancouver)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Vancouver