Director of Engineering, Payments
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Job Summary
Director of Engineering Payments provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for software engineering teams responsible for Entratas payments platform and money-movement capabilities. This role establishes the technical strategy and execution roadmap for secure scalable and highly available payment experiences across card ACH disbursement ledger settlement reconciliation and related financial workflows. Partnering closely with Product Finance Treasury Risk Compliance Security and external payment partners this leader ensures solutions meet customer needs regulatory and network requirements and broader business objectives while remaining accountable for platform reliability transaction integrity financial accuracy and risk reduction.
Direct the activities of multiple integrated software engineering teams primarily through lower management levels.
Oversee the design development and delivery of software solutions driving enterprise-level transformation products.
Establish operational objectives strategic plans and technical design roadmaps for the engineering department aligned with long-term company goals.
Lead the architectural strategy and evolution of secure resilient and highly available cloud-native environments using technologies like AWS PostgreSQL and .
Direct the delivery of payment and money-movement capabilities including payment acceptance processing disbursement ledgering settlement reconciliation refunds returns disputes and exception handling.
Ensure platform architecture and operational practices support idempotent transaction processing ledger integrity auditability observability disaster recovery and compliance with PCI DSS NACHA rules EI3PA data privacy standards and internal financial controls.
Partner across departments (Product Finance Treasury Risk Compliance Security) and with external processors and banking partners to translate payment-network requirements into technical solutions.
Manage departmental budget accountability strategic planning cycles human resource planning recruitment and team performance.
Reconcile multiple stakeholder views and negotiate matters of significance to drive business results and maintain professional stakeholder alignment.
Establish and monitor key payment engineering metrics including authorization and failure rates processing latency settlement accuracy exception volumes platform availability and incident recovery times.
Leverage company-approved GenAI tools as a Human-in-the-Loop to automate routine tasks while maintaining data governance PII security and factual accuracy
Minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience including at least 5 years in a significant engineering leadership capacity.
3 to 5 years of experience working with payment processing money movement fintech banking technology or other transaction-intensive financial systems.
Advanced knowledge of enterprise software architecture and cloud infrastructure including React and AWS services (EC2 S3 IAM PostgreSQL).
Deep understanding of card and ACH processing payment gateways/processors tokenization authorization settlement reconciliation refunds returns disputes chargebacks and financial ledgers.
- Demonstrable experience leading teams that are leveragingAI-powered development tools (e.g. Codex Cursor GitHub Copilot) for enhanced code generation refactoring debugging assistance and overall development efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to lead engineering organizations responsible for high-volume financial platforms requiring transaction integrity security auditability regulatory compliance (PCI EI3PA NACHA) and disciplined incident management.
Proven track record managing departmental budgets strategic planning cycles and recruiting/staffing technical teams.
Exceptional negotiation and influence skills with senior management and executive leadership.
Specialized expertise in database management and secure coding practices focused on Money Movement Credit Risk and Fraud prevention.
Demonstrated proficiency in prompt engineering and GenAI integration with experience auditing AI outputs for brand alignment and accuracy while safeguarding proprietary data.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale technical transformations within fast-paced high-stress or heavily regulated environments.
Level - T5
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About Company
Entrata property management software connects all of your property data and processes, allowing you to create better experiences for everyone. Better property management software.
