VP Payments Engineering

Company: Skrill
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: February 23, 2026

Job Description:

Paysafe is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With 30 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $152 billion in 2024, and approximately 3,000 employees located in 12 countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in 48 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Paysafe is seeking an exceptional VP of Payments Engineering to lead our core payment processing and gateway infrastructure serving $300B in annual transaction volume. This role owns the technical heart of Paysafes Platform: authorization engine, payment gateway, intelligent routing, and real-time fraud detection serving enterprise and high-volume merchants globally. Your Mission: 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 Paysafes competitive position Why This Role Matters: This is a high-visibility transformation role reporting directly to the SVP Payments Engineering. You will shape Paysafes competitive positioning while building the platform that serves thousands of Merchants and partners. Direct impact on revenue, retention, and operational efficiency. Payments Expertise 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 Technical Leadership 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 Leadership & Management 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 Delivery & Execution 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 Nice-to-Haves 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 Leadership Competencies Strategic: Connects technical decisions to business outcomes, thinks 2-3 quarters ahead Execution-Focused: Delivers complex programs on time, manages risk proactively People Leader: Builds high-performing teams, gives direct feedback, develops talent Communicator: Translates technical complexity for business stakeholders Collaborative: Partners effectively with Product, Sales, Operations and Compliance Life at Paysafe: One network. One partnership. At Paysafe, this is not only our business model; this is our mindset when it comes to our team. Being a part of Paysafe means you’ll be one of over 3200 members of a world-class team that drives our business to new heights every day and where we are committed to your personal and professional growth. Are you ready to make an impact? Join our team that is inspired by a unified vision and propelled by passion. Our culture values humility, high trust & autonomy, a desire for excellence and meeting commitments, strong team cohesion, a sense of urgency, a desire to learn, pragmatically pushing boundaries, and accomplishing goals that have a direct business impact. Equal Employment Opportunity Paysafe provides equal employment opportunities to all employees, and applicants for employment, and prohibits discrimination of any type concerning ethnicity, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other protected characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of recruitment and employment. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please let us know. We will be happy to help and look forward to hearing from you.

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