Lead Software Engineer – Payments

OrderYOYO

Lead Software Engineer – Payments at OrderYOYO enhancing the payments platform and leading the engineering team. Ensuring reliability, security, and quality while managing a talented group.

Posted 7/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading and mentoring engineering teams while driving the technical direction and architecture of payment systems. Proficient in managing complex payment flows, ensuring compliance, and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and engineering excellence.

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Team LeadershipBackend EngineeringPayment Flows ManagementSecurity ComplianceAzure Environment Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Distributed SystemsMicroservicesResilient APIsAutomated TestingIdempotency KeysDouble-Entry ThinkingAuditabilityCI/CD PracticesPayment Intent ManagementPayout Orchestration

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationJudgement in Decision-MakingMentoringPerformance ManagementTeam Culture Building

Tools & Technologies

Azure APIsEvent QueuesMonitoring ToolsPSP IntegrationsFraud-Handling Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

PCI Compliance Knowledge

Industry Keywords

KYC OnboardingMerchant InvoicingDispute FlowsFlow-of-FundsFinancial Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureDistributed SystemsMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the people, architecture, and delivery behind OrderYOYO's payments platform — enabling KYC onboarding, deductions, settlement/payout timing, dispute flows, and merchant invoicing — while growing a high-performing engineering team and raising the bar on reliability, security, and engineering quality in one of our most business-critical domains.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of payments engineers — providing hands-on technical guidance, regular feedback, and clear paths for career development.
Own hiring and team-building for the payments engineering function, partnering with recruiting to define role profiles, run interviews, and bring in strong talent.
Run day-to-day people management: 1:1s, goal-setting, performance reviews, and career progression conversations for direct reports.
Build a team culture where payments knowledge is documented and shared, not tribal — through design reviews, standards, and mentoring.
Represent the payments engineering team in leadership and cross-functional conversations, translating business needs into technical strategy and team priorities.
Balance hands-on technical contribution with people-management responsibilities, staying close enough to the codebase to lead by example and unblock the team.
Set the technical direction and long-term architecture strategy for payment-domain services, including gateway integrations, payment intent/authorisation/capture/refund flows, payout orchestration, and reconciliation.
Oversee marketplace capabilities: onboarding/KYC integration, merchant configuration, settlement instructions, deductions, and invoicing/merchant-statement alignment.
Ensure robust “flow-of-funds” primitives across the team's systems — idempotency, ledgers/events, and audit trails that are fully supportable for finance and compliance.
Own the strategy for PSP and partner integrations, with close attention to tri-party / sub-merchant implications where applicable.
Oversee dispute/chargeback and fraud-handling touchpoints across internal workflows and PSP tooling, and drive collaboration with Ops on runbooks and escalation paths.
Partner closely with Product, Legal/Compliance, Finance, and Support to convert requirements into safe, testable production behaviour.
Raise engineering quality in a high-change domain: automated testing, safe rollouts/canaries, observability, and incident-response improvements, with accountability for outcomes across the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience leading, mentoring, or people-managing a team of software engineers — including hiring, performance management, and career development.
Strong backend engineering background in distributed systems — microservices, async processing, resilient APIs, and eventual consistency.
Production experience with payment flows (auth/capture/refund, webhooks, reconciliation) and “money correctness” patterns such as idempotency keys, double-entry thinking, and auditability.
A solid security mindset: PCI compliance, PII protection, secrets management, least privilege, and secure coding practices.
Comfort working in an Azure-first environment (APIs, queues/eventing, monitoring), with strong CI/CD and automated testing practices.
Clear, confident communication with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders in high-stakes scenarios — incidents, financial breaks, and compliance requests.
Strong judgement on when to move fast, when to standardise, and when to say “not yet” with evidence — balancing team capacity, technical debt, and business priorities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
A remote role — work from wherever you do your best work, with quarterly in-person gatherings at one of our global offices.
High ownership and autonomy, with a direct hand in shaping the team you lead.
A clear leadership mandate, with scope to grow further into broader engineering management responsibilities.
The opportunity to lead work on revenue-critical production systems.
A strong focus on security, reliability, and engineering best practices.
A collaborative, international engineering team.
Real emphasis on learning, mentoring, and long-term growth — for you and for the people you lead.