R&D Team Lead
Payoneer
Salary undisclosed
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Description
About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.
By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.
Role summary
We’re looking for a Team Leader who is a tech-enthusiast with a drive for excellence, and an out-of-the-box mindset to satisfy business needs in a complex payment solution environment.
Location: Gurgaon-India
Hybrid - Full-time
What You’ll Do
Team Collaboration and Inter-team Coordination: Be part of a Enterprise group working together; collaborate effectively with your team and cross-functional teams, including Architects, DevOps, SRE, and R&D, to ensure seamless communication and workflow.
Leadership and Team Goals: Assume a leadership role in achieving team objectives, contributing to the design, architecture, development, quality, and production deployment of the team’s systems.
Backend Solutions: Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable backend solutions for complex scenarios, ensuring high-quality output that can be utilized by other teams.
Project Planning: Translate high-level business goals into actionable project plans for the team.
Engineering Practices: Maintain and enhance the team's engineering practices by suggesting and implementing technological improvements and process enhancements.
Process Improvement: Identify and proactively address areas for improvement in team systems, processes, and scalability.
Code Quality: Lead by example in code quality, significantly contributing to code reviews and serving as a focal point for engineering excellence.
Production Monitoring: Oversee production systems, investigate potential issues, and lead efforts to resolve critical challenges while maintaining a customer-centric approach.
Technical Expertise: Leverage deep, hands-on technical expertise in infrastructure, with a strong understanding of building and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
Leadership Under Pressure: Exhibit calm and effective leadership in diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues under pressure.
Who You Are
Experience: 10+ years as a server-side developer using Java, C# and .NET, along with REST APIs.
Database Proficiency: 5+ years of experience with SQL (MSSQL/Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL, etc.).
Observability: 2+ years with observability systems (e.g., Dynatrace, Grafana, Coralogix).
Managerial Background: Over 3 years of managerial experience in leading customer facing product development- essential.
Messaging Knowledge: Experience with messaging queues or streams such as RabbitMQ, SQS, or Kafka.
OOP & Design Patterns: Broad knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and design patterns.
Best Practices: Familiarity with engineering best practices (unit tests, code reviews, test coverage, agile methodologies).
Teamwork: A strong team player with a passion for managing and nurturing talent.
Ambition: Eager to learn and grow in the field.
Education: B.E./BS in Computer Science or an equivalent degree.
Good to have
Familiarity with Kubernetes.
Practical experience with Agile development methodologies.
Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
Familiarity with non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
Experience mentoring new hires and interns, fostering a culture of collaboration and best practices.
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The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
About this role
Payoneer is seeking an R&D Team Lead to guide backend development within their Enterprise group, working on the infrastructure and systems that power their global payments platform. You'll split your time between hands-on technical work—designing scalable backend solutions, conducting code reviews, and maintaining production systems—and leadership responsibilities like translating business goals into project plans, managing team performance, and driving process improvements. The role demands someone comfortable moving between the code and the team room, with the technical depth to set standards and the composure to troubleshoot critical issues under pressure.
This position requires a rare combination: at least ten years building server-side systems in Java, C#, or .NET, paired with over three years of hands-on managerial experience leading product teams. You'll need solid grounding in SQL databases, REST APIs, and observability tools, plus familiarity with messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ. Beyond the technical stack, the role values someone who actively mentors engineers, champions engineering excellence, and can bridge conversations between architects, DevOps, SRE, and other R&D teams.
Based in Gurugram with hybrid flexibility, this is a full-time role suited to a developer-turned-leader who still codes, still cares about quality, and wants to grow a team while solving complex problems in fintech infrastructure.
How this employer is doing
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