Tech Lead

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.