Engineering Manager – Payment Team

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. Own the design, development, and evolution of Tereina’s end-to-end payment flow, including initiation, validation, routing, execution, status tracking, returns, and reconciliation .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $175,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing end-to-end payment flows, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and compliance in regulated environments. Proficient in leading technical teams, managing integrations with financial partners, and contributing to production-quality coding.

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Java ProficiencySpring Boot DevelopmentKubernetes ExperiencePayment Lifecycle ExpertiseTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringAPI ConnectivityMicroservices ArchitectureEvent-Driven DesignPayment ProcessingData IntegrityIdempotencyException HandlingAuditabilityAML/Sanctions Screening

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationTeam MentoringStakeholder Engagement

Tools & Technologies

Apache CamelGoogle Pub/SubKafkaGCPISO 20022

Industry Keywords

Commercial PaymentsClearing and SettlementRegulated Financial EnvironmentsCross-Border PaymentsEmbedded Finance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheDistributed SystemsERPGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesRuby on RailsSpringSpring BootSpringBootSwift

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the design, development, and evolution of Tereina’s end-to-end payment flow, including initiation, validation, routing, execution, status tracking, returns, and reconciliation
Ensure payments are accurate, idempotent, auditable, and observable end to end
Lead integrations with banking partners, payment networks, and fintech partners from technical due diligence and sandbox certification through production go-live
Build tooling for workflow orchestration, routing and retry logic, exception handling, payment status visibility, and internal operations
Own the architecture and service contracts of payment services with Platform, SAP Integrations, and UX teams
Set standards for reliability, security, data integrity, and compliance in a regulated environment
Contribute hands-on through code reviews, integration design, and production-quality coding
Lead, hire, onboard, grow, and develop the Payment Team
Own production health through monitoring, alerting, on-call, incident response, and root-cause analysis
Improve payment success rates, processing times, and straight-through processing
Partner with Product, Platform, UX, SAP Engineering, Compliance, Operations, and banking partners
Manage cross-team dependencies and align delivery with customer and partner go-live commitments

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years in software engineering
At least 3 years managing engineers in a technical leadership role
Deep understanding of commercial payments and money movement, including payment lifecycles, clearing and settlement, returns and exceptions, and reconciliation
Experience across payment rails such as ACH, wires, SWIFT, or real-time payments
Track record building and operating integrations with banks, payment processors, or financial partners
Experience with API- and file-based connectivity, ISO 20022, and partner certification processes
Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and Kubernetes
Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems design, including idempotency, consistency, retries, and failure handling
Comfortable actively contributing to code and architecture while guiding technical direction
Experience building in regulated financial environments
Understanding of secure API design, data protection, auditability, AML/sanctions screening, and SOC 2 compliance requirements
Strong proficiency with modern AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar
Experience mentoring engineers across levels and cultivating a distributed team culture across time zones
Strong communication skills for engaging stakeholders across levels and functions, including external banking and partner teams
Preferred: experience with Apache Camel, Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, cross-border payments, FX, multi-currency money movement, SAP ERP payment processes, embedded finance, treasury, cash management, bank account management platforms, emerging payment rails, digital asset/stablecoin settlement, GCP, and infrastructure as code
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Bonus
Growth opportunities and expanded scope across new products, rails, partners, and markets
Opportunity to shape payments operations at a fast-moving B2B payments company
Work at the intersection of payments operations and AI-enabled automation
Collaborative team culture valuing curiosity, inclusion, and sustainable work