Job Overview

Remote Director of Digital Payments Engineering & Regulatory Technology – **United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Role Overview

The Remote Director of Digital Payments Engineering & Regulatory Technology will architect, scale, and operationally govern the next generation of UAE-aligned digital payments ecosystems—designed to operate across cross-border corridors, multi-currency settlement frameworks, embedded finance networks, and real-time compliance infrastructures. This role blends strategic foresight, payments engineering mastery, and a deep understanding of the UAE’s evolving digital finance environment, particularly in alignment with advanced Central Bank modernization initiatives, AI-driven oversight layers, and regional interoperability demands.

Core Strategic Responsibilities

• Multi-Rail Payments Architecture:
  
  Lead the design and continuous evolution of payment rails enabling instant settlement, tokenized payment flows, biometric authorization channels, virtual accounts orchestration, and smart-contract triggered disbursements.

• Real-Time Regulatory Technology Deployment:
  
  Build and refine AI-augmented reg-tech engines capable of real-time anomaly detection, dynamic rules adaptation, cross-border compliance propagation, and automated dispute resolution.

• Digital Identity & Trust Frameworks:
  
  Engineer secure, sovereign-grade identity layers capable of integrating with UAE federated digital identity standards, authorization protocols, and customer lifecycle automation.

• Cross-Border Payments & FX Optimization:
  
  Create intelligent FX routing methodologies leveraging predictive liquidity modelling, real-time regional exchange feeds, and risk-adjusted settlement engines.

• Tech Governance & Operational Stewardship:
  
  Develop high-integrity governance structures, engineering policies, incident-response matrices, and multi-layer security doctrines designed for UAE’s digital payments ecosystem.

Key Technical Competencies

• Mastery in ISO 20022, open-banking APIs, digital wallet infrastructure, microservice orchestration, and cloud-native fintech stacks.

• Expertise in AML automation engines, transactional intelligence platforms, graph-based risk modelling, and real-time fraud mitigation systems.

• Strong capability in blockchain-enabled settlement systems and tokenized asset mechanics.

Strategic Profile Requirements

• Demonstrable leadership in large-scale fintech engineering programs.

• Deep insight into fintech regulatory frameworks across GCC payment ecosystems.

• Ability to operate in a global remote setting while providing UAE-aligned strategic governance.

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