Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway

Overview

Head of Engineering for Moniepoint’s Payment Gateway (Monnify), responsible for the platform’s technical direction and architecture.

What you'll do

• Own the full technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Monnify platform.
• Lead multiple engineering teams through managers and set quality standards.
• Own end-to-end developer experience, including APIs, documentation, SDKs, and integration ease.
• Drive platform evolution toward multi-currency and international scalability.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and security in a regulated environment.
• Partner with product, commercial, and operations teams to align technical investments with business goals.
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers.

What you'll need

• Over 10 years of software engineering experience and at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
• At least 5+ years of hands-on, production-level experience writing and shipping Java.
• At least 5 years of experience managing managers in an engineering organization.
• Experience in payments, fintech, or financial services with understanding of payment flows and compliance.
• Deep knowledge of API-first products and developer platforms with API integration experience.
• Strong backend skills in high-throughput, distributed transactional systems.

Details

• Role is remote and based in Bangalore.