Who are we? Optimized Payments is the only fintech firm purpose-built to find and unlock value wherever it resides in our portfolio’s payment ecosystem. We’ve assembled a team with deep expertise across payments specialties to develop a proprietary analytics platform that finds actionable insights.

We are an Atlanta based 17-year-old, and growing, company looking for talented individuals who want to grow with us. S. Postal Service.

Who are you? Are you a strategic mastermind and technical genius looking to join a fintech? Look no further!

Optimized Payments is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Head of Platform Engineering to join our growing team. OP is seeking an innovative and dedicated individual committed to both serving our customers and having fun! Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit and a heart for fintech.

We’re looking for someone who wants to make a significant impact on the Company, Clients, and your Career. At Optimized Payments, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! The Role: Optimized Payments is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to own and scale the core technology platform behind Harmonize, our payments analytics system of record.

This leader will be responsible for end-to-end platform delivery — including front-end, back-end, and DevOps — with a mandate to improve execution speed, reliability, and scalability across the platform. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on driving outcomes, building strong engineering discipline, and ensuring the platform can support rapid innovation, including AI-driven capabilities. The role requires expertise in Spring Boot, API development, and building UI/UX components in React.

The leader will develop scalable Java applications and collaborate with the UI/UX team on React components. Experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD automation and deployment is also required. This is an Atlanta, GA based position.

S. without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Platform Ownership Own the end-to-end architecture and delivery of the Harmonize platform Lead both front-end and back-end development, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability Drive platform modernization and technical roadmap, aligned with business priorities Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Java Spring Boot Collaborate with UX/UI designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver high-quality features Execution & Delivery Improve speed, predictability, and quality of releases Establish strong engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, code quality, observability) Eliminate operational bottlenecks and reduce manual processes DevOps & Infrastructure Own DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and deployment strategy (Azure-based stack) Implement best practices for automation, monitoring, and uptime Ensure platform is secure, stable, and enterprise-ready Team Leadership Directly manage following onshore resources: Platform Engineer Senior Developer Head of Security Directly manage following offshore resources: DevOps Engineer Azure Cloud Engineer Build a high-performance engineering culture: Strong ownership and accountability Clear technical direction Focus on results vs activity Lead the Architectural Guild Council and provide architectural guidance and technical direction across all engineering teams Cross-Functional Alignment Partner closely with following teams – Product, Data / AI, Data Engineering.