Payments Integration Architect (Principal Level)

Maxana; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Complex payment infra projects

Direct collaboration with leadership

High-impact payment systems

Long-term engagement

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Maxana is building next-generation payment orchestration and optimization infrastructure. We seek a Principal Payments Integration Architect to lead technical design and delivery for Maxana Pay clients.

You will work directly with client engineering teams to design payment architectures, guide integrations, and ensure successful implementation of complex payment systems. This role emphasizes scalability and collaboration across providers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and integrating payment infrastructures.
• Strong API design skills and experience with third-party platforms.
• Proven ability to guide engineering teams through complex integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture discussions with client engineering teams.
• Design scalable payment infrastructure and integration strategies.
• Guide integrations with gateways, processors, and orchestration platforms.
• Architect payment routing, failover, and multi-provider environments.

Skills

Payment integration

API design

Client-facing leadership

Payment gateways

Architectural leadership

Tools

Gr4vy

Stripe

Checkout.com

Job description

About Maxana Pay Maxana Pay is building next-generation payment orchestration and optimization infrastructure for modern digital businesses. Our platform helps companies integrate and manage multiple payment providers while improving authorization rates, reliability, and payment performance. We work with high-growth SaaS platforms, digital commerce companies, and global merchants that process significant transaction volume and require flexible payment infrastructure.

About the Role

• We are looking for a Principal Payments Integration Architect to lead technical design and delivery of payment integrations for Maxana Pay clients.
• This role often client-facing and focuses on designing scalable payment infrastructure, guiding engineering teams through integrations, and advising clients on building modern payment environments.
• You will work directly with client engineering teams to design payment architectures, guide integrations, and ensure successful implementation of complex payment systems.

What You'll Do

• Lead technical architecture discussions with client engineering teams
• Design scalable payment infrastructure and integration strategies
• Guide integrations with payment gateways, processors, and orchestration platforms including Gr4vy
• Architect payment routing, failover, and multi-provider payment environments
• Serve as a technical advisor to clients implementing modern payment infrastructure
• Partner with internal engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable payment integrations

Requirements

• Strong experience building and/or integrating payment infrastructure
• Deep experience designing APIs and integrating third-party platforms
• Experience working with payment gateways, processors, or orchestration platforms
• Strong client-facing communication and technical leadership skills
• Experience guiding engineering teams through complex integrations
• Experience with payment infrastructure platforms such as: Gr4vy, Stripe, Checkout.com, etc.
• Experience with payment orchestration, multi-PSP routing, or authorization optimization is highly valuable.

Benefits

• Flexible remote work environment
• Opportunity to work on complex payment infrastructure and large-scale payment integrations
• Direct collaboration with leadership and client engineering teams
• High-impact work designing payment systems used by fast-growing digital companies
• Long-term engagement as the Maxana Pay platform and client base continues to grow
• Competitive contract compensation