Lead Engineer – Payments Platform

Jobtailor; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Vancouver is seeking a seasoned backend leader to shape the technical foundation for money movement capabilities and unlock new product lines globally.

You will design and build high-throughput, secure services, guide architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, security, risk, and operations to drive measurable business outcomes.

You will champion AI-enabled tooling to accelerate development and ensure operational excellence across the platform.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering highly available, distributed backend systems.
• Deep understanding of system architecture, API design, SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on with modern backend stacks (C#, Java, Golang, or C++) on AWS.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build payment platform capabilities, including orchestration and risk management.
• Lead architectural decisions and ensure scalability, security, and reliability.
• Collaborate with product, security, risk, and operations teams to translate business needs into engineering solutions.
• Contribute production code and proof-of-concepts to accelerate delivery.

Skills

Backend System Design

API Design

Cloud-Native Platforms

Leadership in Engineering

AI Integration

Tools

AWS

AI Tools

Payment Platforms

Fraud Detection Systems

Orchestration Tools

Job description

• In this role, you will help shape the technical foundation for money movement capabilities while unlocking new product lines globally.
• You will guide the design and development of reliable, scalable, performant, and secure services for the platform, ensuring operational excellence and direct business outcomes.
• This is a rare chance to join an early-stage initiative, make foundational architectural decisions, and have a visible impact on the future of small businesses.
• By contributing directly to production code and proof-of-concepts, you will solve complex financial technology challenges at a massive scale.
• The Payments Platform team is the engine powering money movement across the entire ecosystem, collaborating closely with product, security, risk, and operations.
• Together, we work cross-functionally to translate complex business needs into resilient engineering solutions that support millions of subscribers.
• Designing and building out payment platform capabilities, such as orchestration, risks & fraud, multi-providers, to accelerate various payment products development and improve operational posture.
• Building out a global bill payment product to streamline how small businesses manage their cash flow.
• Developing core high-throughput platform services.
• Integrating and championing artificial intelligence capabilities to accelerate engineering productivity and enhance developer workflows.

Requirements

• You bring a proven track record of delivering highly available, distributed backend systems and designing high-throughput services under real-world constraints.
• A deep understanding of system architecture, API design, and both SQL and NoSQL databases is essential.
• Your background includes proficiency in modern backend stacks such as C#, Java, Golang, or C++, alongside cloud-native platforms like AWS.
• You are passionate about staying hands-on contributing directly to production code, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives.
• You possess strong leadership capabilities, with a passion for setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and fostering an inclusive culture.
• You demonstrate strong ability in breaking down complex problems into clear, actionable solutions while driving agile execution to deliver results.
• You are a strong partner to Product, Design, and other cross-functional teams to translate complex business needs into resilient engineering solutions.
• You are a champion of advanced usage in AI tools and practices across the team to accelerate development workflows.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing high-throughput, distributed backend systems, with a strong focus on API design and cloud-native platforms. Proven ability to lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and translate complex business needs into effective engineering solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backend System Design
• API Design
• Cloud-Native Platforms
• Leadership in Engineering
• AI Integration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• C#
• Java
• Golang
• C++
• SQL Databases
• NoSQL Databases
• System Architecture
• High-Throughput Services
• Agile Execution
• Proof-of-Concept Development

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving
• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Inclusive Culture Building
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Financial Technology
• Money Movement
• Operational Excellence
• Small Business Solutions
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

• AWS
• AI Tools
• Payment Platforms
• Fraud Detection Systems
• Orchestration Tools