Tech Lead
Summary
Leads backend engineering teams to design, build, and deploy scalable financial systems using C#/Java, SQL, and microservices, while aligning technical strategy with business goals.
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.
What You’ll Be Spending Your Time On
- Drive the delivery of team goals, contributing to the definition of objectives and technical strategies across multiple teams within your group or with partner teams.
- Take ownership of the overall design, architecture, development, quality, and production environment deployment of systems that have a lasting impact across the group.
- Design and implement robust, scalable backend solutions that address both technical and business challenges.
- Collaborate effectively as a leader within your group, working with cross-functional teams such as Product, Design/UX, DevOps, and other R&D teams to drive synergies and alignment.
- Navigate trade-offs in solving novel problems, considering both technical and business implications.
- Represent your team in design reviews, sign off on critical designs, and contribute to group-wide architectural decisions.
- Proactively seek opportunities to address group-level challenges, setting a path for scalable and innovative solutions that can be transformed into new projects.
- Share ownership in validating group quality and delivery standards, contributing to mentorship and professional growth of the group’s engineers.
- Actively participate in mentoring and onboarding engineers, as well as contributing to the hiring process.
Have You Done This Kind of Stuff?
- 7+ years in backend software engineering roles, with experience in technical leadership and strategy development across teams.
- Expertise in C#, Java, or similar object-oriented programming languages.
- Advanced SQL skills and solid experience with database management systems.
- In-depth understanding of software design principles, data structures, and algorithms.
- Proficiency in microservices architecture and building scalable systems.
- Proven ability to solve novel and complex problems, particularly in scenarios requiring architectural innovation.
- Experience in influencing other teams, collaborating on cross-group initiatives, and mentoring engineers.
- BA/BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience (e.g., military technology units like 8200).
Not a Must, but a Great Advantage
- Practical experience with Agile development methodologies.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Knowledge of non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB).
- Hands-on experience with message queues or streaming platforms like RabbitMQ, SQS, or Kafka.
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.