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Director of Engineering – Payments, Foundations
Phorest Software. Lead Payments and Foundations, including payments engineering, infrastructure, security, business systems, and internal AI enablement .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading payments engineering and infrastructure, with a strong focus on security, compliance, and financial controls. Proven ability to drive AI adoption and manage technology partnerships while developing senior leaders and fostering a high-trust environment.
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Payments Engineering LeadershipAWS Cloud Systems ExpertiseAI Tools ImplementationInfrastructure Management at ScaleCross-Functional Delivery Experience
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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringPayments ProcessingProvider IntegrationsReconciliationSettlement ControlsInfrastructure ManagementCloud SystemsAI AutomationSecurity JudgementBusiness Systems Integration
Soft Skills
Influencing DecisionsHigh Trust Environment CreationDecisiveness Under PressureCommercial MindsetTeam Development
Tools & Technologies
AWS HostingBusiness SystemsPayment PartnershipsVendor ManagementService Quality Management
Industry Keywords
Payments EngineeringFinancial ControlsComplianceTechnical DebtOnboarding Improvements
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSCloud
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead Payments and Foundations, including payments engineering, infrastructure, security, business systems, and internal AI enablement
- Lead through Heads of Engineering, Engineering Managers, and senior technical leaders
- Set direction, agree outcomes, and ensure teams have clarity and autonomy
- Shape payments direction and investment decisions with Product and commercial leaders
- Ensure payment engineering quality, reliability, security, compliance, billing, reconciliation, settlement visibility, and financial controls
- Drive internal scaling and service improvements across onboarding, billing, and customer service
- Set direction for AWS hosting, capacity, performance, cost, observability, on-call practices, recovery plans, upgrades, and technical debt
- Lead AI adoption across Phorest functions, including buy-or-build decisions, training, safeguards, and measurement
- Partner with the CTO and fellow Director of Engineering on planning, delivery reviews, investment, performance, risk, and company strategy
- Lead shared priorities across engineering groups and resolve dependencies and ownership gaps
- Develop Heads of Engineering, Engineering Managers, and senior individual contributors
- Share responsibility for hiring, talent reviews, promotions, and succession
- Set security priorities and investment and ensure reliable IT services and access controls
- Manage technology and payment partnerships, service quality, commercial terms, vendor value, and dependency risks
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years in software engineering
- 5+ years in leadership managing managers
- Desirable experience leading payments engineering
- Understanding of processing, provider integrations, reconciliation, settlement, and controls
- Proven success leading infrastructure or platform teams at scale
- Strong knowledge of cloud systems, preferably AWS
- Experience with business systems, integrations, and cross-functional delivery
- Practical experience introducing AI tools or automation into business workflows
- Sound judgement on security, investment, and technology partnerships
- Ability to develop senior leaders and create an environment of high trust
- Skilled in influencing decisions and turning business priorities into deliverable plans
- Ability to balance technical decisions with business impact
- Decisive and calm under pressure
- Commercially minded, with understanding of how technology decisions impact customers and revenue
Benefits
Comp & perks- Remote-first company with flexibility to shape your working day
- Dedicated Learning Days every year
- Mentoring program
- Career coaching
- Development programs
- Access to tools for building skills and shaping your career
- Private healthcare
- 2 Wellness Days
- Employee assistance program
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Benefits
- 2 weeks' leave for fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and menopause
- 3 moving days
- Competitive compensation
- Employee Share Purchase Scheme
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Bike-to-work scheme
- Tax-saver transport tickets