Payments Technical Lead About the Role Were looking for a hands-on Payments Technical Lead to architect, build, and scale the payment infrastructure that powers our eCommerce platform. You&39;ll lead a cross- functional engineering team across backend and frontend, own the technical roadmap for our payments stack, and drive integrations with payment gateways, fraud tools, and financial partners. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of clean architecture, reliable systems, and real-world money movement. Main duties/responsibilities will include: Lead the design, development, and deployment of payment services built on Spring Boot and Node.js, following microservices best practices Own end-to-end Stripe integrations across checkout, subscriptions, Connect, webhooks, refunds, disputes, and reconciliation flows Architect scalable, secure, PCI-compliant payment systems with strong observability, idempotency, and failure-recovery patterns Build and review React.js front-end components for checkout experiences, merchant dashboards, and internal payment tooling Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical deep- dives; set coding standards and raise the engineering bar Collaborate closely with Product, Finance, Risk, and Compliance teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions Drive production readiness\: CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, alerting, on-call practices, and incident response for payment-critical services Evaluate and integrate new payment methods, processors, and third-party financial services as the business expands Key Skills and Experience required for this role: 8 years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership capacity Strong hands-on development experience with Spring Boot and Java-based microservices architectures Proficiency with Node.js for building high-performance backend services and APIs Solid frontend experience with React.js, including state management, component design, and modern tooling Proven experience integrating eCommerce applications with Stripe — including Payment Intents, Stripe Elements, webhooks, Connect, and subscription billing Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar), and relational/NoSQL databases Familiarity with PCI-DSS requirements, tokenization, 3D Secure, SCA, and secure handling of sensitive financial data Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD tooling Strong grasp of distributed systems concepts\: idempotency, eventual consistency, retries, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation Nice to Have: Experience with additional payment providers (Braintree, PayPal) Background working with ledgers, double-entry accounting, or financial reconciliation systems Exposure to fraud prevention tools, chargeback management, and payment analytics Contributions to open-source projects or technical writing/speaking in the payments or fintech space