Global Head of Payments Platform Engineering

Moniepoint Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Moniepoint Inc. is building an international payment gateway platform. We are seeking a Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway to own the technical direction for Monnify, connecting merchants to card networks and banks, and to scale multi‑currency capabilities.

You will lead engineering managers, drive reliability, security and developer experience, and partner with product, commercial and operations to align tech with business goals. London-based role with global impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in leadership.
• 5+ years hands-on Java production experience.
• Experience managing managers in a scaling organisation.
• Payments/fintech experience with knowledge of payment flows and compliance.
• Deep knowledge of API-first products and developer platforms.
• Proven leadership of multiple engineering teams via managers.
• Strong backend skills for high-throughput distributed systems.
• Experience building or operating a payment gateway or multi-currency platform is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the full technical strategy, architecture and roadmap for the Monnify platform across all capability areas.
• Lead multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, setting quality standards and building organisational capability.
• Own the developer experience end-to-end, including APIs, documentation, SDKs and integration ease.
• Drive platform evolution towards multi-currency and international scalability.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability and security within 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 to support growth.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

Java

APIs

Payments experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Elasticsearch

AWS

Job description

Moniepoint Inc. is building an international payment gateway platform. We are seeking a Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway to own the technical direction for Monnify, connecting merchants to card networks and banks, and to scale multi‑currency capabilities.

You will lead engineering managers, drive reliability, security and developer experience, and partner with product, commercial and operations to align tech with business goals. London-based role with global impact.