Unstoppable starts with people. The future of payments is being built today, and at Paymentology, we are looking for people who want to help shape it. We power card issuing for leading banks, fintechs and digital brands across the globe, and as we continue to grow, we are looking for curious, ambitious people who thrive on solving complex challenges, embrace innovation and want to make a tangible impact at general scale.

Director of Engineering – Digital Services

At Paymentology, we’re building the global payments platform of the future, enabling banks, fintechs and innovators to issue and process cards across more than 60 countries.

We’re looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead our Digital Services domain and play a key role in shaping the next stage of our engineering organisation.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who can look beyond day-to-day delivery, think ahead, and build the technical, organisational and leadership foundations needed to scale.

What You’ll Do

Set the engineering strategy and direction for your domain,



translating business and product priorities into clear technical and organisational outcomes.
Lead, coach and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders, building leadership capability, succession and greater autonomy across teams.
Strengthen delivery across a complex portfolio, creating the operating rhythms, accountability and visibility needed for teams to execute predictably.
Shape the domain as we scale, including team structures, ownership, capability, leadership capacity and future hiring needs.
Drive technical and operational excellence across architecture, reliability, security, observability, performance and maintainability.
Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Operations and senior leadership, ensuring Engineering remains connected to customer needs and wider business objectives.
Navigate ambiguity, competing priorities and cross-team dependencies, making thoughtful trade-

📌 Director of Engineering (Madrid)
🏢 Paymentology
📍 Madrid