Tech Lead

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

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