Director of Payments Platform Engineering

ONERWAY; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Onerway is seeking an Engineering Director to own the technical strategy and leadership of the Payments Platform, setting architecture and roadmap while growing the engineering organization. The role is hands-on and central to the business, partnering with Commercial, Product, Risk, Operations and Compliance to scale the platform globally.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ in leadership, a track record of building high-performing teams, and strong fintech domain

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership.
• Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong product thinking and ability to collaborate with product and commercial stakeholders.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or a regulated industry is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Onerway's Payments Platform.
• Lead and grow engineering organization: manage, coach, and develop engineers and engineering leads; build a culture of ownership, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
• Drive technical architecture and platform excellence: set standards for reliability, security, scalability, and developer productivity across the stack.
• Deliver with speed and accountability: set KPIs, implement engineering best practices and processes, and ensure high-quality, on-time outcomes.
• Align engineering with business outcomes: partner with Commercial, Product, Risk, Operations and Compliance to support growth and regulatory needs.
• Champion AI-augmented development: drive adoption of AI tooling across the SDLC to raise velocity and quality.
• Maintain full-stack fluency: stay conversant across backend, frontend, security, databases, DevOps, and QA.
• Right-size delivery: decide when to ship lean MVPs vs fully hardened products.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System architecture

Product thinking

Fintech domain knowledge

Job description

Onerway is seeking an Engineering Director to own the technical strategy and leadership of the Payments Platform, setting architecture and roadmap while growing the engineering organization. The role is hands-on and central to the business, partnering with Commercial, Product, Risk, Operations and Compliance to scale the platform globally.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ in leadership, a track record of building high-performing teams, and strong fintech domain