VP Engineering / Tech Lead – High-Risk Payments (Node.js / AWS)

VP Engineering / Tech Lead – High-Risk Payments (Node.js / AWS) 🌍 Remote 🕒 Full-time 🚀 ASAP ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT APPLY if you have never worked in: high-risk payments subscription commerce recurring billing environments payment orchestration high-fraud merchant ecosystems We are NOT looking for generic fintech engineers or corporate payment profiles. We are specifically looking for senior operators who have already built and managed payment infrastructures in difficult merchant-side environments. The Role You will help scale and optimize a high-volume payment infrastructure operating across subscription/high-risk verticals. This is a deeply technical and operational role focused on payment performance and orchestration. Core Topics Multi-PSP integrations Smart routing & cascading Rebill optimization Auth-rate optimization MID management Dynamic descriptors Network tokenization Fraud & VAMP pressure Payment recovery logic High-scale backend infrastructure Tech Stack Node.js (mandatory) AWS Microservices High-scale backend systems Payment APIs & integrations Mandatory Requirements 8+ years backend/architecture experience Real experience in high-risk payments Merchant-side subscription / recurring billing experience Experience integrating multiple PSPs Strong understanding of auth flows, routing logic and payment performance Exposure to fraud/chargeback/VAMP-heavy environments Comfortable operating in fast-moving, high-pressure environments Strong Plus iGaming Nutra Adult Dating Continuity commerce Payment orchestration platforms Important : We are looking for true payment operators/builders — not generic backend developers. Profiles coming from standard SaaS environments without real high-risk payment exposure will not be considered.