Tech Lead: Agentic Commerce & Payment Systems

WORLDPAY, LLC; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 128,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

WORLDPAY, LLC is seeking a Technical Lead for Agentic Commerce Engineering to architect and ship merchant‑facing APIs and SDKs, while guiding a greenfield squad. You will shape secure, reliable payment flows for AI agents and drive developer experience across ecosystems.

The role requires 8+ years of software engineering with distributed services, deep cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), and strong leadership to mentor engineers and set standards for a new capability in global payments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with distributed services.
• Cloud-native engineering on AWS, GCP, Azure; scalable architecture.
• Practical understanding of AI-agent systems, tool calls, and secure payment flows.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead design decisions for a greenfield agentic commerce squad.
• Architect secure checkout and payment APIs for AI agents; ensure reliability.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and drive engineering standards.
• Collaborate across teams and ecosystems to shape standards and interoperability.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud-native

AI-agent systems

APIs & API-first

Leadership

Security & reliability

Developer experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

WORLDPAY, LLC is seeking a Technical Lead for Agentic Commerce Engineering to architect and ship merchant‑facing APIs and SDKs, while guiding a greenfield squad. You will shape secure, reliable payment flows for AI agents and drive developer experience across ecosystems.

The role requires 8+ years of software engineering with distributed services, deep cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), and strong leadership to mentor engineers and set standards for a new capability in global payments.