What you will do

Lead technical architecture for the next generation of our payroll payments engine, designing scalable frameworks that support operations across multiple countries.
Own the end-to-end delivery of high-impact, complex features, from initial design and technical specifications through to production deployment and monitoring.
Drive the technical roadmap for the Payroll processing team, identifying and tackling performance bottlenecks, reliability improvements, and architectural refactors.
Take on ambiguous technical challenges and turn them into concrete, actionable plans for the team.
Exercise expert technical judgment in building scalable, maintainable, and extensible systems, ensuring data integrity across complex and interdependent services.
Raise the engineering bar for the entire organization by mentoring senior and junior engineers, leading in-depth design reviews, and championing best practices for code quality, testing, and observability.
Partner with Product, Risk, Accounting, Tax, Payroll, Ops, and Support to turn ambiguous payment-state problems into durable platform capabilities and intuitive user experiences.

What you will need

8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of technical leadership and driving org-wide impact.
Expertise in building large-scale, distributed backend systems. Strong proficiency in Python and Django is highly preferred.
Experience managing the complete project lifecycle, transforming intricate ideas and ambiguous requirements into successful launches independently.
Deep expertise in system architecture, data modeling, and building core services with clean abstractions.
A keen product sense and a passion for advocating for the customer, with experience building robust systems that directly impact business-critical flows.
Outstanding capacity to convey intricate technical concepts clearly and precisely, both in writing and verbally, to diverse functional teams.
Experience with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases is a strong plus.
Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects, while also thriving in a team environment.