Job Description

Company Description

We\'re Checkout.com

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We\'re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it\'s not just what we build that makes us different. It\'s how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That\'s why we\'re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we\'re just getting started. We\'re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world - because that\'s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners.



Role overview | Context

Our Product and Tech organization currently includes the following core functional pillars:

• Core Network - Engineering Leader (This role - to be hired), Product Leader (

)

• Responsible for expanding our global payments network by enabling us to offer new payment methods and operate in new geographies
• Finance and Treasury Services - Engineering Leader (

), Product Leader ( )

• Building a transparent and accessible financial ecosystem that unlocks value for our customers
• Merchant Experience - Engineering Leader (

), Product Leader ( )

• Delivering an empowering customer experience that enables businesses, and their communities to onboard, integrate and operate every CKO product, quickly and securely
• Payment Services - Engineering Leader (

), Product Leader ( )

• Providing merchants with the best payment experience by delivering the highest performance, and easy-to-integrate and feature-rich payment processing products
• Risk and Identity - Engineering Leader (

), Product Leader ( )

• Keeping CKO and its merchants safe, compliant, and informed to enable growth

Reporting into our VP Engineering, , we are looking for a new engineering leader to own our Core Network team and function. This is a highly visible and critical component of Checkout.com\'s Engineering infrastructure - fundamentally underpinning our ability to onboard and offer new payment methods, and to support merchants in new geographies.

The Core Network team is positioned at the nexus of many significant efforts contributing to CKO\'s overall mission - enabling businesses and their communities to thrive, globally. We are looking for an Engineering leader who will be comfortable balancing technical and strategic decision-making, whilst being hands-on when needed and leading a growing team of 50+.

Role overview | Remit and Responsibilities

As the Engineering leader for Core Networks Engineering, you will be responsible for:

• Helping merchants to migrate onto new rails and operating platforms
• Fuelling Checkout\'s geographic expansion by enabling us to onboard merchants in new regions
• Delivering new and different payment methods to merchants
• Reducing the disparity between different processing options offered to merchants
• Leading, inspiring, and growing the current team and being an advocate and change agent in helping us to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels
• Partnering closely not just with the direct product counterpart owning the vision for our Core Network, but also with other Product and Engineering stakeholders e.g. from our Merchant Experience team; to ensure that platform delivery and expansion goes hand-in-hand with a game-winning experience for developers, merchants and users alike

Qualifications

Role overview | Desired Background, Core Competencies

The ideal candidate for the role will bring:

• Experience in Payments, FinTech or broader FS is preferred - either from a B2B, B2C or two-sided-marketplace perspective
• Experience being technically hands-on as a SW Developer/Engineer and able to lead Engineering reports with a high degree of empathy
• Experience building and shipping technically complex products and/or services end-to-end
• An understanding of how to build and support scalable technical infrastructure in critical business areas
• Experience working in a Design, Engineering & Product triangle and partnering closely with multiple cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Experience with KPI-driven process automation and able to take teams on a journey to increase automation, security and efficiency
• A proven track record of building, scaling and leading exceptional, diverse and engaged Engineering teams

Additional Information

What we stand for | Our Values &

At Checkout.com, everything starts with our values, including the experience we offer our people.

#Aspire

We supercharge your professional growth with career development programs and leadership training. You can learn your way, with tailored pathways and online platforms. And be inspired at relevant conferences.

#Excel

We don\'t stop at \'good\' here. We strive for excellence amongst our teams every day and recognize colleagues who take it to the next level through our quarterly peer-nominated Hero awards.

#Unite

We\'re proud of our global connections and inclusive environment. So we champion this through our colleague-led community groups and celebrate many cultural events together.

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We believe in equal opportunities

Checkout.com is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience, skills and personality. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is the right thing to do and is central to our success.

Apply without meeting all requirements statement

If you don\'t meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We\'re always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use.

Our clients come from all over the world - and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we\'ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We\'d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us.

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We\'ll be happy to support you.

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