Paysafe · 1 day ago
VP Payments Engineering
Jacksonville, FL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expPaysafe is a leading payments platform that serves merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. The VP of Payments Engineering will lead the core payment processing and gateway infrastructure, managing a high-volume transaction environment and ensuring reliability for enterprise merchants.
Financial ServicesFinTechMobile PaymentsRisk Management
Responsibilities
Process 5000+ peak TPS (scaling to 10,000+ live Events)
Maintain 99.99% uptime for mission-critical payment infrastructure
Build next-generation cloud-native payment Processing Infrastructure
Enable and grow $300B+ annual payment volume
Delight thousands of enterprise merchants depending on our reliability
Strengthen Paysafe's competitive position
Shipped mission-critical systems with zero-downtime requirements
Managed high-stakes events: Super Bowl-scale iGaming traffic, Black Friday, live event processing
Balanced innovation with stability: delivered new capabilities while maintaining operational excellence
Navigated ambiguity and complexity made decisions with incomplete information, adapted to changing priorities
Qualification
Required
10+ years in payments technology, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles (Director, VP, or equivalent)
Deep knowledge of payment processing: authorization flows, card networks (Visa, Mastercard, Amex), acquiring, issuing, settlement
Hands-on experience with payment processors: Worldpay, TSYS, Fiserv, or similar
Understanding of fraud and risk management: real-time scoring, 3DS, chargeback management
Knowledge of payment regulations: PCI DSS, PSD2, card network rules, money transmitter licenses
Proven track record building high-scale systems: 2,000+ TPS, 99.99% uptime, sub-100ms latency requirements
Cloud-native architecture experience: AWS (preferred), Kubernetes/EKS; microservices; event-driven architectures
Led major technology transformations: cloud migrations, platform modernizations, legacy system replacements
Strong software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, databases
Built and scaled engineering teams: 50+ engineers across multiple domains
Managed senior leaders: Directors, Principal Engineers, Staff Engineers
Cross-functional collaboration: Product, Sales, Operations, Finance, Compliance
Stakeholder management: Executive presentations, board updates, customer meetings
Shipped mission-critical systems with zero-downtime requirements
Managed high-stakes events: Super Bowl-scale iGaming traffic, Black Friday, live event processing
Balanced innovation with stability: delivered new capabilities while maintaining operational excellence
Navigated ambiguity and complexity made decisions with incomplete information, adapted to changing priorities
Preferred
Enterprise payment processing (large merchants, complex integrations, SLA commitments)
Fintech or payment startup experience (rapid growth, competitive markets)
Real-time event streaming: Kafka, Kinesis at scale
Database expertise: Oracle, MongoDB, DynamoDB, MemoryDB, Redis
Open-source contributions or technical thought leadership (blog, conferences, patents)
Alternative payment methods: BNPL, wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay), bank transfers, crypto
Developer platform experience: APIs, SDKs, developer portals, technical documentation
Company
Paysafe
Paysafe is a global payments provider offering a range of payments solutions for businesses and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2B2021-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2017-08-04Post Ipo Equity
2015-12-23IPO
Leadership Team
Bruce Lowthers
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher W. Russell
Former CEO, now Non Executive Director and Senior Advisor to Managment of Skrill USA, Inc.
Recent News
2026-02-04
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