Job Overview
Executive Digital Payments Architect (Remote)
United Arab Emirates
Location: Remote (United Arab Emirates)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: FinTech | Digital Payments | Blockchain | Financial Infrastructure
Position Summary
An exceptional opportunity exists for a visionary Executive Digital Payments Architect to design highly scalable payment ecosystems supporting the UAE’s position as a global financial innovation hub.
The successful candidate will lead architecture for sophisticated payment platforms enabling instant payments, cross-border settlement, merchant ecosystems, programmable finance, embedded payments, digital wallets, tokenization, and future-ready financial infrastructure.
This position demands extensive experience building enterprise payment platforms capable of processing high transaction volumes with exceptional resilience, security, regulatory compliance, and customer experience.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design enterprise payment architecture.
- Build real-time payment processing platforms.
- Architect merchant acquiring ecosystems.
- Develop API-first payment services.
- Create embedded finance infrastructure.
- Design tokenized payment services.
- Lead payment orchestration initiatives.
- Modernize payment switching infrastructure.
- Develop intelligent fraud prevention architecture.
- Build resilient transaction processing platforms.
- Support CBDC readiness strategies.
- Design multi-currency settlement platforms.
- Integrate blockchain-based settlement capabilities.
- Build highly available payment gateways.
Core Technologies
- Java
- Kotlin
- Go
- Kafka
- Redis
- Cassandra
- PostgreSQL
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- AWS
- Azure
- Payment APIs
- ISO 20022
- EMV Standards
- PCI DSS
- Blockchain Infrastructure
- Hyperledger
- Ethereum Enterprise
- AI Fraud Detection
- Event Streaming
- Data Analytics
- API Gateways
Leadership
- Lead payment engineering strategy.
- Establish payment architecture standards.
- Drive enterprise modernization.
- Mentor senior architects.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams.
- Present architecture strategies to executive leadership.
- Guide technology investment planning.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
- 15+ years financial technology experience.
- Deep knowledge of payment architecture.
- Strong understanding of financial messaging.
- Experience with cloud-native architecture.
- Expertise in enterprise integration.
- Excellent strategic planning abilities.
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