Ranking: 37
As the Backend Technical Leader, you will oversee the backend development lifecycle for payment systems, ensuring high-quality delivery, scalability, and performance. Beyond your technical contributions, you will act as the main bridge between the development team, product owners, and business stakeholders—ensuring clarity in requirements, managing risks, and driving continuous improvement.
You will guide the team in designing and developing microservices in Java, implementing REST architectures, optimising settlement flows, and ensuring the reliability of payment operations.
Lead and mentor a self-organised Agile development team
Manage communication with stakeholders, ensuring expectations are aligned
Identify project requirements, define scope, and estimate effort
Monitor team performance, support evaluations, and drive improvement
Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies
Track KPIs using tools such as JIRA
Oversee the design and development of backend systems for digital payments
Ensure high-quality implementation of settlement, disbursement, chargeback, and reconciliation flows
Architect and guide microservices development based on REST
Work with payment gateway and PSP models (Aggregator & Processor)
Collaborate on systems involving digital payments, payment gateways, or transaction processing
Ensure cloud-ready architectures with AWS (Cloud Practitioner knowledge valued)
Apply best practices using:
Java (Spring Core, MVC, Security, JPA/Hibernate)
Log4j / SLF4J
Microservices
CI/CD basics (Jenkins)
Oversee the development of multi-layer enterprise backend applications
Guarantee the quality of the integration and performance of backend services
3+ years of experience in digital payments or payment platforms
Strong knowledge of:
Settlement & disbursement processes
Chargebacks, credits, debits, frozen balances, available balance, etc.
Acquirer flow
Gateway model (Processor)
PSP & PSP Aggregator model
2+ years leading development teams or technical projects
Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices
Strong Java and Spring framework expertise
Solid understanding of REST API principles
Familiarity with AWS services
Experience with Jenkins or similar CI/CD tools
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Strong leadership and team coordination abilities
Clear and efficient communication
Proactive risk identification and mitigation
Ability to manage requirements and project scope
KPI management and analytical mindset
Collaborative, organised, and solution-oriented
As the Backend Technical Leader, you will oversee the backend development lifecycle for payment systems, ensuring high-quality delivery, scalability, and performance. Beyond your technical contributions, you will act as the main bridge between the development team, product owners, and business stakeholders—ensuring clarity in requirements, managing risks, and driving continuous improvement.
You will guide the team in designing and developing microservices in Java, implementing REST architectures, optimising settlement flows, and ensuring the reliability of payment operations.
Lead and mentor a self-organised Agile development team
Manage communication with stakeholders, ensuring expectations are aligned
Identify project requirements, define scope, and estimate effort
Monitor team performance, support evaluations, and drive improvement
Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies
Track KPIs using tools such as JIRA
Oversee the design and development of backend systems for digital payments
Ensure high-quality implementation of settlement, disbursement, chargeback, and reconciliation flows
Architect and guide microservices development based on REST
Work with payment gateway and PSP models (Aggregator & Processor)
Collaborate on systems involving digital payments, payment gateways, or transaction processing
Ensure cloud-ready architectures with AWS (Cloud Practitioner knowledge valued)
Apply best practices using:
Java (Spring Core, MVC, Security, JPA/Hibernate)
Log4j / SLF4J
Microservices
CI/CD basics (Jenkins)
Oversee the development of multi-layer enterprise backend applications
Guarantee the quality of the integration and performance of backend services
3+ years of experience in digital payments or payment platforms
Strong knowledge of:
Settlement & disbursement processes
Chargebacks, credits, debits, frozen balances, available balance, etc.
Acquirer flow
Gateway model (Processor)
PSP & PSP Aggregator model
2+ years leading development teams or technical projects
Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices
Strong Java and Spring framework expertise
Solid understanding of REST API principles
Familiarity with AWS services
Experience with Jenkins or similar CI/CD tools
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Strong leadership and team coordination abilities
Clear and efficient communication
Proactive risk identification and mitigation
Ability to manage requirements and project scope
KPI management and analytical mindset
Collaborative, organised, and solution-oriented
