CTO/Head of Engineering

PayTeria

We are a product company specializing in the development of our own solutions in the payment industry. Over time, we have established ourselves as a reliable market player.

Today, we are actively investing in the development of innovative payment services and banking products, building a team of professionals ready to create cutting-edge technologies. The company is expanding its activities, which opens up broad opportunities for career growth and participation in large-scale initiatives.

The role is not limited to just management. We need a specialist with deep technical expertise who, if necessary, can step in for line employees, for example, by writing code independently or quickly fixing production bugs.

Core Stack: AWS, K8s, .NET, React, PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Gitlab CI

Responsibilities:

• Lead the company's IT department: Backend, Frontend, DevOps, and Tech Support teams;
• Develop and optimize team and department processes in collaboration with managers and C-level executives: Release Management, QA processes, recovery procedures, fault tolerance, and more;
• Lead certification processes (PCI DSS) and ensure products comply with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR);
• Manage the operational activities of the IT department in conjunction with department heads: budgeting, team development, mentoring, troubleshooting;
• Actively participate in strategic planning, including roadmaps for multiple products. Collaborate with product, operations, and business teams, ensuring transparency and prioritization of tasks for the business;
• Participate in architectural design: assist teams in building high-load, fault-tolerant services (99.95%+), manage infrastructure costs;
• Write code and fix bugs in critical situations when necessary for the team and company;
• Attend industry events, represent the company's technical vision in external forums and to partners;
• Develop engineering culture within the company, grow strong leads.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Experience as CTO / VP of Engineering / Head of Development / Tech Lead for 3–5 years;
• Ability to speak the business language and build communication with company stakeholders (C-level, directors). Understanding of how products are built from scratch: Product / Project Management, Agile, planning;
• Experience in fintech, payment systems, banking products, or high-load projects;
• Deep technical expertise (Staff+ level) in backend and infrastructure: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse (or similar), API, high-load system design, Kubernetes, CI/CD, information security;
• Basic understanding of the full product development cycle and processes across the entire stack: Frontend, QA, DevOps, SRE;
• Practical experience with fintech standards and regulatory requirements (PCI DSS 2.0 – 4.0, PSD2, GDPR);
• Experience in building and managing teams (development, DevOps, IT support) of 15–20+ people;
• Strong leadership qualities, structured approach, mature communication, ability to establish processes and delegate effectively. Empathy and respect for the team;
• Experience in developing team leads and tech leads;
• Experience in rapid response to P1–P2 incidents, ability to write code and resolve critical business issues;
• Conversational English level – B2–C1 (sufficient for communicating with partners and participating in conferences);
• Experience with multiple independent products within a single AWS environment, followed by decomposition of infrastructure, access, and environments by brand, would be a plus.

We Offer:

• Competitive remuneration system, corresponding to the market and level of responsibility;
• Direct link between income and business results: remuneration depends on team performance, product profit, and has no upper limit;
• Fully remote work format, no location ties;
• Standard 5/2 schedule with readiness to be available in case of critical situations.