Payments Solutions Architect (US or EMEA)

Role overview Shape and lead a testing service for digital payments, combining commercial strategy with hands-on technical analysis. You will help define how payment systems are validated before launch and in production, develop offerings for customers, and assess transaction architectures to design meaningful tests across payment methods and markets.

Responsibilities - Set and communicate a direction for payment testing through articles, talks, webinars, and other educational material. - Develop service packages and commercial approaches, considering delivery effort and cost to serve. - Lead technical discovery with enterprise customers, examine integrations and transaction flows, and design validation strategies. - Collaborate with sales on opportunities and help guide delivery for prospective and active customer work. - Work with external partners to explore joint offerings for payments and commerce clients. - Lead and motivate distributed teams across functions without requiring direct people management.

Requirements - At least 10 years of deep experience with digital payment systems, such as mobile payments, online banking, gateways, wallets, or point-of-sale systems. - Hands-on experience defining payment validation, such as certification, user acceptance testing, test scripts, production checks, or launch readiness. - Ability to investigate technical architectures, troubleshoot integrations, and create structured evaluation criteria for complex transaction flows. - Strong understanding of quality engineering, API integrations, and software delivery practices in financial services. - Client-facing consulting or managed services experience, including leading technical discovery. - Commercial judgment and experience designing services and working across sales and partner teams. - Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication with both technical and executive audiences.

Nice to have A master's degree in finance, computer science, software engineering, or a related area is preferred.

Benefits and work setup Fully remote role open to candidates based in the United States or EMEA. The distributed work setup supports asynchronous collaboration. Benefits include flexible paid time off, stock options, and an annual learning stipend.