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Boost Payment Solutions · 1 day ago

Lead Engineer - Financial Payments

positionNYC Metro Area
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff
money$180K/yr - $200K/yr
date10+ years exp

Boost Payment Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to join their financial payments technology team in NYC. The role involves leading a distributed engineering team, driving technical excellence, and building scalable, secure payment-processing systems.

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Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of internal engineers (early to mid-career) and coordinate with 3 offshore teams across two continents
Design and architect scalable, secure payment processing solutions using Java, AWS, and cloud-native technologies
Drive technical decision-making and enforce engineering best practices across distributed teams
Ensure compliance with financial industry regulations and security standards (PCI-DSS, SOC2, etc.)
Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to deliver payment features and integrations
Own the technical roadmap for payment processing infrastructure
Conduct code reviews and maintain high code quality standards across all teams
Manage technical debt while balancing feature delivery
Foster collaboration and communication across time zones and cultures
Participate in incident response and system reliability improvements

Qualification

JavaAWSMicroservices architectureTechnical leadershipNode.jsPythonPayment processingKubernetesEvent-driven architectureSystem designCI/CD pipelinesObservability toolsCommunication

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience, specializing in Java with strong proficiency in Node.js and Python
5+ years in a technical leadership role managing distributed teams
Experience with AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, ECS/EKS)
Knowledge of event-driven architectures and serverless patterns
Experience in financial services, payments, or regulated industries
Understanding of payment processing, transaction systems, or fintech
Strong system design skills for high-availability, low-latency systems
Experience with microservices architecture and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
Excellent communication skills for managing offshore teams
Proven track record of delivering complex, mission-critical systems

Preferred

Knowledge of payment protocols (ISO20022, SWIFT, ACH, card networks)
Experience with AWS Step Functions for workflow orchestration
Background in distributed systems and event sourcing
Familiarity with observability tools (DataDog, New Relic, CloudWatch)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Understanding of security best practices in financial systems

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Medical, vision, and dental insurance
401k + match
PTO
HSA
FSA

Company

Boost Payment Solutions

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Boost Payment Solutions is a leading B2B acquirer providing organizations with ground-breaking solutions.
dateFounded in 2009
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
http://www.boostb2b.com

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$34M
Key Investors
Invictus Growth PartnersMosaik Partners
2021-05-04Series C· $22M
2019-04-03Series B· $7M
2019-04-03Debt Financing· $5M

Leadership Team

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Dean Leavitt
Founder & CEO
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Seth Goodman
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
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