This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway based in Spain.
This is a senior engineering leadership opportunity to shape the technology behind a high-scale digital payments platform serving millions of businesses and individuals. You will own the technical strategy, architecture, and engineering roadmap across payment acceptance, payouts, commerce tools, and developer-facing capabilities. The platform processes significant transaction volumes and is expanding toward multi-currency and international markets. You will lead multiple engineering organizations through experienced managers while setting high standards for reliability, security, scalability, and engineering quality. A major focus will be creating an exceptional developer experience through APIs, SDKs, documentation, and seamless integrations. This role is idóneo for a hands-on technology leader who combines deep Java expertise with strong organizational leadership and payments experience.





Accountabilities
As Head of Engineering, you will provide technical and organizational leadership across a large-scale payment gateway platform, balancing long-term architecture with operational excellence and business priorities.
- Own the overall technical strategy, architecture, and engineering roadmap across the payment platform and its core capability areas.
- Lead multiple engineering teams through Engineering Managers, establishing quality standards and strengthening organizational capabilities.
- Own the developer experience end-to-end, including APIs, SDKs, documentation, integration workflows, and developer-facing tools.
- Drive the platform's evolution toward multi-currency capabilities and international market expansion.
- Ensure high standards of platform reliability, scalability, security, and resilience within a regulated financial environment.
- Guide the architecture and operation of

📌 Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway (España)
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📍 España