About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.
By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a Tech Lead to be the technical backbone of our Cards engineering team in India. You will set the technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and raise the engineering bar — while staying hands-on with code and guiding engineers through complex problem-solving.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Own and drive the technical vision, architecture, and design for the Cards domain
Be a hands-on coding leader — write, review, and set the quality bar for production code
Lead technical design discussions, RFC processes, and cross-team architectural decisions
Mentor and upskill engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
Partner with Product and Engineering Manager to translate business goals into technical roadmaps
Identify and resolve technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and scalability challenges
Champion engineering best practices: testing, observability, CI/CD, and Agile delivery
Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and peer tech leads on platform-wide standards
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
10+ years of backend development experience in Node.js with strong C# exposure
3+ years of advanced SQL (MSSQL / Oracle / MySQL / PostgreSQL)
Proven track record as a technical leader driving complex, distributed systems
Deep experience building SaaS platforms on AWS
Containers & Kubernetes (K8s/EKS) experience
Message broker expertise: RabbitMQ / SQS / Kafka (Kafka preferred)
Microservices architecture and strong OOP / design patterns knowledge
Experience in payment card systems, card processing, or financial platforms
NICE TO HAVE
Full-stack exposure: Next
Redis or equivalent caching layer
ORM experience (Entity Framework or similar)
Domain Driven Design (DDD) practice
PCI-DSS compliance or card network (Visa/Mastercard) integration experience
TECH STACK SNAPSHOT
Backend
Node.js · C#
Database
MSSQL / PostgreSQL
Cloud
AWS / EKS
Messaging
Kafka / SQS
Infra
Docker · K8s
Caching
Redis
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Deep systems thinking — design for scale, resilience, and maintainability
Strong written and verbal communication of complex technical concepts
Influential without authority — lead through expertise and trust
Bias for action: ship iteratively, measure, and improve
Security-conscious engineering mindset
WHY PAYONEER
High-impact, global fintech platform processing billions in transactions
Autonomous teams with deep ownership over critical payment infrastructure
Clear growth path: Tech Lead → Principal Engineer
Competitive compensation + benefits in India
The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.