Manager, Engineering - Payments
Circle (company site, opens in a new tab)7+ yrsBengaluruRemoteDirect career pageEst. 30–55 LPA
Posted on 2 Sept
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About This Role
- Lead a backend engineering team responsible for payment orchestration, financial institution onboarding, and bulk payment processing within Circle Payments Network.
- Own delivery, reliability, security, and financial correctness of high-volume payment systems, including incident response and operational readiness.
- Drive engineering goals tied to business outcomes such as geographic expansion, transaction growth, and reliable market launches across APAC and Africa.
Minimum Requirements
- 7+ years software engineering experience with at least 2 years managing engineering teams.
- Experience designing, building, and operating distributed, highly available backend payment or financial transaction systems (e.g., payment orchestration, ledgers, reconciliation).
- Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java, Go, or Kotlin.
- Role requires regular working-hour overlap with US-based teams for cross-time-zone collaboration.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced technical leader comfortable providing architecture, system design, and code-level guidance for payment systems handling high transaction volumes.
- Strong collaborator able to partner across Product, Compliance, Risk, and Solutions Engineering in regulated payments environments.
- Skilled in recruiting, coaching, and performance management with a focus on building high-performing engineering teams.