Director of Payments Engineering & Platform Innovation

ACCA Careers; Singapore; On-site; SGD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Southeast Asian superapp is searching for a Head of Payments Engineering to lead their engineering team focused on developing innovative payment solutions. This director-level role requires extensive payments domain expertise and the ability to manage a large, distributed team across multiple countries. Key responsibilities include overseeing the strategy for payment platform innovation and ensuring compliance and risk management while driving operational excellence. Competitive benefits and opportunities for growth are provided.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Parental and Birthday leave

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in large-scale payment systems including issuer and acquirer platforms.
• Deep understanding of KYC/AML and fraud prevention.
• Hands-on experience with backend architectures and mobile payment integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team to design a full-stack payments platform.
• Co-own strategy and roadmap with product and compliance leaders.
• Champion platformization for scalable capabilities.

Skills

Payments domain expertise

Understanding of payment value chain

Capability to translate business models

Experience with modern payment technology stacks

Building resilient, high-availability systems

Product partnership skills

Leadership across diverse geographies

Operational and compliance excellence

Commercial acumen in payments

Innovation mindset

Job description

A leading Southeast Asian superapp is searching for a Head of Payments Engineering to lead their engineering team focused on developing innovative payment solutions. This director-level role requires extensive payments domain expertise and the ability to manage a large, distributed team across multiple countries. Key responsibilities include overseeing the strategy for payment platform innovation and ensuring compliance and risk management while driving operational excellence. Competitive benefits and opportunities for growth are provided.