Senior Engineering Team Lead, Transaction Monitoring

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Team Lead – Transaction Monitoring to join our ever-evolving Payrix for Platforms Transactions Monitoring team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

• Own the architecture, delivery, and technical strategy for scalable Transaction Monitoring services, APIs, and UI components.
• Lead the development of high‑throughput real‑time and batch processing capabilities for fraud and AML detection.
• Lead and develop a globally distributed engineering team, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and resource planning.
• Manage a budget and optimize cloud and operational costs.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Data Science to define and deliver roadmap priorities.
• Oversee the full SDLC and ensure strong engineering practices including CI/CD, secure coding, automated testing, and operational excellence.
• Own Change Advisory Board (CAB) responsibilities, representing team changes for review and approval.
• Lead resolution of critical production issues and drive root‑cause prevention across the platform.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience and 5+ years of engineering leadership experience.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js, Type Script, and Angular and/or React.
• Proficiency or exposure to PHP and C#.
• Cloud-native engineering experience with AWS, including serverless, Docker/Kubernetes, and API Gateway.
• Experience with event-driven architectures (SNS, SQS, Active
  
  MQ, etc.) and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, Git workflows, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience working within Agile frameworks and using Jira.
• Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience building Transaction Monitoring, AML, fraud, or risk systems.
• Background in Fin Tech, financial services, or payments.
• Experience integrating rules engines or ML models into detection workflows.
• Relevant professional certifications related to cloud, security, engineering, or Agile leadership.

The Product and Technology Development teams make the payments magic happen. They’re the brains behind the game‑changing products, platforms and digital experiences we’re known for.

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Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions and finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every World payer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open and winning and failing as one.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a World payer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.