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Director of AI-Native Engineer

Payoneer

Job Location:

Gurgaon - India

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 24 August 2026 (13 days ago)

Application Deadline: 21 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005 Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders with a mission to connect the worlds underserved businesses to a rising global economy. Were a community with over 2500 colleagues all over the world working to serve customers and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflowsincluding everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management to providing working capital and business intelligencewe give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

About Payoneer
Founded in 2005 Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders with a mission to connect the worlds underserved businesses to a rising global economy. Were a community of over 2500 colleagues worldwide serving customers and partners in more than 190 markets.

By simplifying complex financial workflows from global payments and compliance to multi-currency management workforce solutions working capital and business intelligence we empower businesses to operate efficiently and grow with confidence.

Role Summary
Location:India
Type:Hybrid / Full-time

We are looking for aDirector of AI-Native Engineering a senior engineering leader who will shape how AI-native development is done at Payoneer. This is not just a team leadership role; it is an opportunity to define the operating model standards and architecture for AI-first product development across the organization.

You will lead multiple AI Pods (or a growing org of Pods) set the technical and methodological direction and work closely with Product and business leaders to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI-native systems. You will balance strategic leadership with strong technical judgment ensuring high-quality execution while building an organization that can move fast and learn continuously.

What youll do

Lead grow and scale multiple AI-native engineering teams (AI Pods) developing managers and senior engineers

Define and drive the AI-native engineering strategy standards and best practices across the organization

Own end-to-end delivery across teams from problem definition to production ensuring alignment with business goals

Partner with Product Design Data and business stakeholders to shape high-impact solutions and prioritize initiatives

Establish and enforce high standards for architecture scalability reliability and code quality

Drive adoption of AI-first development methodologies tools and workflows across R&D

Build and scale evaluation monitoring and observability frameworks as a core part of system design

Act as a senior technical authority guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers and managers

Define and evolve the operating model for AI Pods including ownership autonomy and delivery practices

Build a strong engineering culture focused on accountability ownership continuous improvement and excellence

Hire develop and retain top engineering talent building a high-performing and inclusive organization

Who you are

10 years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of building and operating production systems

5 years of experience leading engineering teams and managers including scaling organizations and driving cross-team impact

Proven experience defining engineering strategy and leading large-scale complex initiatives

Hands-on background in backend or full-stack development with strong architectural skills

Experience building and scaling AI-based systems in production (e.g. agentic systems orchestration multi-step workflows)

Strong understanding of evaluation frameworks metrics and production monitoring for AI systems

Deep familiarity with modern AI development tools and workflows

Experience working in cross-functional environments with Product Design and business stakeholders

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization

Strong people leadership skills with a passion for developing leaders and building high-performing teams

High ownership mindset able to operate in ambiguity make decisions and drive execution

Nice to have

Experience in fintech or other regulated environments

Experience with distributed systems messaging frameworks (Kafka RabbitMQ SQS) and cloud-native architectures

Experience building SaaS platforms in microservices environments

Familiarity with frontend technologies (React Angular)

If this sounds like a mission you want to be part of wed love to hear from you.

Payoneer is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants regardless of race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other protected status. Reasonableaccommodations areavailable upon request throughout the hiring process.

Required Experience:

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Payoneer

In today’s borderless digital world, Payoneer enables millions of businesses and professionals from more than 200 countries and territories to connect with each other and grow globally through our cross-border payments platform. With Payoneer’s fast, flexible, secure and low-cost solu ... View more

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