Head of Engineering - Payments

DEUNA; Ciudad Madero; A distancia; MXN 2,218,000 - 3,328,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A rapidly growing startup in Ciudad Madero is seeking a Head of Engineering – Payments to lead the technical vision and delivery of their payments platform. You will manage a team focused on building scalable and secure systems. Candidates should have over 10 years in software engineering and extensive leadership experience in the fintech sector. This role offers remote work options and various benefits.

Servicios

Vacations and additional PTO

Remote work from anywhere

Economic support for health insurance

Stock options

Learning and development platform

Dynamic team environment

Formación

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ in leadership roles.
• Proven track record building and scaling payment or fintech platforms.
• Experience leading distributed teams and managing complex integrations.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the technical strategy for payments architecture.
• Lead engineering teams in developing high-availability payment services.
• Ensure compliance with PCI-DSS and global data-protection standards.

Conocimientos

Software engineering experience

Leadership roles

Backend development (Node.js, Java, Go)

Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Payment orchestration and tokenization

Communication skills

Fluency in English

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field

Descripción del empleo

About DEUNA

DEUNA is a rapidly growing startup revolutionizing global commerce with ATHIA, our AI-powered orchestration and payments platform that helps large enterprises boost approval rates, reduce costs, and unlock new revenue. Built by the team behind DEUNA—the fastest-growing Commerce OS in Latin America—ATHIA combines payment intelligence, checkout optimization, and data orchestration in one powerful solution.

With deep integrations across 300+ PSPs and alternative payment methods, and over 20% of Mexico’s digital economy running through our platform, we simplify global payments through a single integration and centralized reconciliation.

We are a rapidly growing startup expanding into the U.S. to meet the urgent needs of large retailers, marketplaces, airlines, and QSRs. Join us to shape the future of payments! 🚀

Visit https://www.deuna.com/ to learn more about us!

Role Overview

As Head of Engineering – Payments, you will lead the technical vision, architecture, and delivery of our payments platform. You’ll oversee a team of engineers and technical leads responsible for building scalable, secure, and resilient payment systems that process thousands of transactions daily across multiple markets.

You’ll partner closely with Product, Operations, and Compliance to ensure our payments stack supports rapid growth, innovation, and best-in-class reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical strategy for payments architecture and infrastructure.
• Lead engineering teams in developing high-availability, low-latency payment services.
• Oversee integrations with acquirers, PSPs, digital wallets, and alternative payment methods.
• Collaborate with Product to align technical priorities with business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with PCI-DSS, PSD2, and global data-protection standards.
• Implement best practices in reliability, observability, CI/CD, and cloud scalability.
• Mentor and grow technical leaders and senior engineers across LATAM.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ in leadership roles.
• Proven track record building and scaling payment or fintech platforms.
• Strong expertise in backend development (Node.js, Java, Go) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Deep understanding of payment orchestration, tokenization, 3DS, and settlement.
• Experience leading distributed teams and managing complex integrations.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field.

What will you find when you join DEUNA?

• A multicultural team distributed throughout LATAM
• Dynamism, agility and constant innovation
• Being part of a high-impact solution for an entire region
• The best tools and technology to operate
• Being part of the startup culture
• We are in full expansion!

Benefits

• Vacations and additional PTO 🏝️
• Remote work from anywhere 💻
• Economic support for health insurance, internet and cell phone line📱🌐
• We all own DEUNA, we offer stock options 💸
• Learning and development platform 📚
• Multidisciplinary, diverse and dynamic team 🧡
• Growth and career path 🚀
• Be part of a dynamic team that's creating the next generation payments platform.
• Join us at DEUNA!

DEUNA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value and celebrate diversity and inclusion in our workplace. All employment decisions at DEUNA are made without discrimination based on nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, color, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.