Head of Infrastructure – Remote-First

European Payments Initiative; Paris; À distance; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading payment solutions company in Paris seeks a Head of Infrastructure to build secure and scalable payment systems. The role involves defining infrastructure strategy, collaborating with various teams, and leading a dedicated engineering team. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and thrive in a remote-first environment. Join us in transforming European payments.

Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, payments, or e-commerce.
• Track record of building secure, high-performance infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD best practices.
• Fluent in English; additional EU languages are a plus.

Responsabilités

• Define and execute strategic roadmap for infrastructure.
• Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure professionals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and represent infrastructure needs.

Connaissances

Infrastructure engineering

Stakeholder management

DevOps practices

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies

Formation

10+ years in engineering leadership

Outils

AWS

Docker

MongoDB

Description du poste

Be part of a movement to change the way Europe pays

In today’s digital world, payments often still feel outdated: random delays and confusing rules make it harder than it should be to pay and get paid. The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is here to change all that, forever.

With Wero, our digital wallet, we make sending and receiving money simple, seamless and secure across France, Belgium and Germany, with more countries and omnichannel solutions coming soon. Supported by 14 major banks and the two largest European acquirers, EPI is building a new, proudly European payment system: easy, instant and transparent, all for the greater good.

What's in it for you

As the Head of Infrastructure, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the backbone of our cutting-edge payment solutions. You will be at the forefront of designing and implementing robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure that powers our innovative payment products.

Together, we’re creating a resilient and efficient European payment ecosystem that supports millions of transactions seamlessly across Europe.

At EPI, we embrace a remote-first culture, enabling our teams to work remotely from the country they are based in, with in-person meetings at least once a quarter to foster collaboration and connection.

About the team

You will be part of a Pan-European Product and Engineering team that operates in an Agile environment. You’ll work closely — and fully remotely — with experts in Product Management, Product Design, Web Dev, Mobile Dev, Backend Dev, QA and DevOps from Germany, France, the Netherlands, and other European locations.

You will report directly to the CPTO and be responsible for our SRE team, as well as our Data and Security teams.

Your impact

Infrastructure Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute an overarching strategic roadmap for infrastructure, data and security services, taking ROI and user needs into consideration.
• Ensure scalability, performance, and security across all infrastructure layers.
• Drive cost optimization, forecasting and reporting based on usage patterns and volumes.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, competitor analysis and stakeholder feedback through a data-driven approach to continuously evolve our infrastructure.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product Managers, Developers, and other teams to align infrastructure capabilities with business needs.
• Represent Infrastructure in strategic discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Translate technical insights into actionable plans and clear communication for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Team Management & Growth

• Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure professionals and product managers.
• Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Implement performance frameworks and support career development for team members.

Technology stack

Kotlin, Ktor, MongoDB, OpenAPI, Docker
AWS, k8s, Terraform, Datadog, Github actions
Event Sourcing, technical audits, monitoring, alerting, security

️ To succeed, you should meet at least 70% of these requirements

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering leadership, ideally in fintech, payments, or e-commerce.
• Proven track record of building and scaling secure, high-performance infrastructure in highly-regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of DevOps/DevSecOps, automation, and CI/CD best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills to share a compelling infrastructure vision.
• Outstanding communication and presentations skills to effectively convey information to a diverse audience, including senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies and iterative development cycles.
• Experience with Business Intelligence and Data Analytics is a plus.
• Fluent in English (CEFR C1 or C2); additional EU languages are a plus.
• Thrive in a remote-first, multicultural environment.

???? If this looks like you, the recruitment steps are:

1. A first call with one of our recruiters
2. An interview focused on the missionand your expertise, with a Cloud Engineer
3. A second interview focused on the role and your expertise, with our Head of Engineering
4. An interview focused on our company skills
5. An interview with our CPTO
6. Hopefully, an offer you can’t refuse
   
   

Turn back if …

• You’re looking for an already highly structured environment with no ambiguity
• You’re expecting to be promoted to CPO in less than a year
• You lack the technical knowledge or background necessary to lead complex infrastructure products

Otherwise apply!

???? Our commitment to equal employment opportunities

EPI offers the same job opportunities to all, without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. EPI promotesthe development of an inclusive work environment that mirrors the diversity of the clients our product is serving.