Technical Payments Architect for Solutions & Sales

LaunchCode; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 67,502 - 96,432; Full time

Job summary

LaunchCode seeks a deeply technical, customer-facing payments expert to sit at the intersection of Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success. You will join technical sales conversations, design payment architectures, advise merchants, support gateway and processor integrations, and bring real-world payments expertise into our product roadmap.

You should be able to walk into complex payments conversations, understand environments, and help both customers and internal teams make better

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or technical payments consulting.
• Experience in Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, or related customer-facing technical roles.
• Strong understanding of payment gateways, PayFac models, merchant accounts, settlement, and reporting.
• Ability to explain complex payments concepts to varied audiences.
• Hands-on familiarity with APIs, webhooks, integration design, and data flows.

Responsibilities

• Join sales and partner calls as our technical payments expert.
• Lead technical discovery with merchants, SaaS platforms, and enterprise customers.
• Map customer requirements across gateways, PayFac models, merchant accounts, and reporting.
• Design payment solution recommendations and explain tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Create diagrams, technical documentation, integration guides, and sales enablement materials.
• Stay current on payment gateway capabilities, processor platforms, and industry best practices.

Skills

Payments architecture

Technical sales

Solutions engineering

API design

Customer-facing

Product collaboration

Job description

LaunchCode seeks a deeply technical, customer-facing payments expert to sit at the intersection of Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success. You will join technical sales conversations, design payment architectures, advise merchants, support gateway and processor integrations, and bring real-world payments expertise into our product roadmap.

You should be able to walk into complex payments conversations, understand environments, and help both customers and internal teams make better