[Hiring] Tech Lead (Payments & Cards) @Bee Talents

Role Description

We are looking for a Tech Lead (Payments & Cards) who will take ownership of the technical direction of card and payment systems and actively contribute hands-on to building and scaling them.

The biggest challenge in this role:

• You’ll be responsible for designing and evolving core card and payment systems, including real-time transaction processing, authorization, settlement, and partner integrations, while still staying hands-on in code (Go) and technical decision-making.

Your responsibilities:

• Defining technical direction for card and payment products in collaboration with Product and partners
• Designing and building card issuance, authorization, and settlement systems (credit, debit, prepaid)
• Owning real-time transaction processing flows and system reliability
• Leading architecture decisions in distributed, API-first systems
• Managing and developing integrations with card processors, VISA networks, and KYC providers
• Translating business requirements into pragmatic technical solutions
• Acting as a bridge between business and engineering, removing blockers and driving clarity
• Staying hands-on in Go development and actively contributing to production systems
• Ensuring scalability, security, and performance of financial infrastructure

Qualifications

• Strong experience in fintech / payments / card systems
• Hands-on experience with Go
• Background in distributed systems and API-first architectures
• Experience with real-time transaction processing or similar high-reliability systems
• Familiarity with cloud environments (preferably Google Cloud)
• Understanding of card lifecycle: authorization, clearing, settlement
• Strong problem-solving mindset and pragmatic approach to engineering decision

Requirements

• Real technical ownership over payment and card infrastructure
• Opportunity to work in a licensed fintech (FINMA regulated)
• High autonomy and no heavy corporate bureaucracy
• Direct impact on core financial products used by real customers
• Small, senior team (~15 engineers) with strong engineering culture

Benefits

Sounds interesting? Let’s talk! :)

PS: There will be 3 stages of the recruitment process (Recruiter screening, Hiring Manager meeting, Technical meeting, Final/Culture fit meeting).