Tech Lead – Payments, Cards

Bee Talents

Tech Lead owning technical direction for payments and cards at YAPEAL. Responsible for designing core payment systems and hands-on involvement in Go development.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇱 PolandSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Defining technical direction for card and payment products in collaboration with Product and partners
Designing and building card issuance, authorization and settlement systems (credit, debit, prepaid)
Owning real-time transaction processing flows and system reliability
Leading architecture decisions in distributed, API-first systems
Managing and developing integrations with card processors, VISA networks and KYC providers
Translating business requirements into pragmatic technical solutions
Acting as a bridge between business and engineering, removing blockers and driving clarity
Staying hands-on in Go development and actively contributing to production systems
Ensuring scalability, security and performance of financial infrastructure

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience in fintech / payments / card systems
Hands-on experience with Go
Background in distributed systems and API-first architectures
Experience with real-time transaction processing or similar high-reliability systems
Familiarity with cloud environments (preferably Google Cloud)
Understanding of card lifecycle: authorization, clearing, settlement
Strong problem-solving mindset and pragmatic approach to engineering decision

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real technical ownership over payment and card infrastructure
Opportunity to work in a licensed fintech (FINMA regulated)
High autonomy and no heavy corporate bureaucracy
Direct impact on core financial products used by real customers
Small, senior team (~15 engineers) with strong engineering culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

Goreal-time transaction processingdistributed systemsAPI-first architecturecard issuance systemsauthorization systemssettlement systemsscalabilitysecurityperformance

Soft Skills

problem-solvingpragmatic approachcommunicationleadershipcollaborationclarityremoving blockers