Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway

Moniepoint Group
Pakistan
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Ownership","Customer obsession","Systemisation","Integrity"]

Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for a payment gateway platform connecting merchants to card networks, banks, and aggregators. Lead multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, set quality standards, and drive end-to-end developer experience across APIs, SDKs, documentation, and integration. Ensure reliability, scalability, and security while expanding to multi-currency and international scaling in a regulated environment.

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Moniepoint Group
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Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway

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Job Summary

Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for a payment gateway platform connecting merchants to card networks, banks, and aggregators. Lead multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, set quality standards, and drive end-to-end developer experience across APIs, SDKs, documentation, and integration. Ensure reliability, scalability, and security while expanding to multi-currency and international scaling in a regulated environment.
Location: Pakistan
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the full technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the payment gateway platform across capability areas.
  • •Lead multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, setting quality standards and building organisational capability.
  • •Own end-to-end developer experience, including APIs, documentation, SDKs, and integration ease.
  • •Drive platform evolution toward multi-currency and international scalability.
  • •Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and security in a regulated environment; partner with product, commercial, and operations teams.

Key Requirements

  • •Over 10 years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
  • •5+ years of hands-on production experience writing and shipping Java code as a practising engineer.
  • •At least 5 years of experience managing managers and leading an engineering organisation through other engineering leaders.
  • •Experience in payments, fintech, or financial services with understanding of payment flows and compliance.
  • •Deep knowledge of API-first products, developer platforms, and API integration.
Experience:10+ yearsPaymentsFintechFinancial servicesPayment gatewaysDistributed systems
Skills:LeadershipOwnershipCustomer obsessionSystemisationIntegrity
Tech Stack:JavaSpringSpring BootDockerKubernetesPostgreSQLDynamoDBElastic searchMicroservicesAWSAPIsSDKsDocumentation

Company Brief

Moniepoint Group
Provides digital payments, merchant services, agent banking, card issuance, and business banking solutions across Nigeria and other African markets, serving SMEs, merchants, and financial institutions with technology-first transaction and banking infrastructure.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Lagos, Nigeria
Founded: 2015
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