Director, Software Engineering

October 11, 2026

Hybrid

Head

Warszawa, Poland

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Mandatory office attendance
3 days per week

Description

A world leader in payments technology operating across more than 200 countries and territories. The Director, Software Engineering leads software development teams delivering secure, scalable fintech applications and oversees the full software development lifecycle from backlog refinement through build, test, deployment, monitoring, and iteration. The role drives agile and DevSecOps practices, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and responsible integration of AI/ML capabilities under financial regulatory standards. While primarily a leadership position, it may include up to 50–65% of time in hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical prototyping.

Responsibilities

Monitors throughput across multiple teams to determine capacity and oversees stakeholder partnerships defining user requirements for complex projects
Guides requirements gathering, feedback incorporation, and actionable metrics to assess delivery feasibility and reviews gaps in acceptance criteria
Oversees translation of user requirements into system designs, ensuring alignment with business strategy and formalizing best practices
Leads system architecture discussions, interprets findings from investigations, and owns design decisions for complex products
Oversees project plans, release plans, and estimation processes, addressing escalated issues and removing technical obstacles
Develops standards for code quality, security, and maintainability and updates security assessment processes to ensure code is free from threats
Shapes best practices for debugging, automation, and code review across multiple products and teams
Provides guidance on test planning, prioritizes tests, and ensures expected testing results across product features
Leads system monitoring efforts, sets data analysis standards, and aligns project strategy for long-term value
Provides technical expertise to resolve major incidents, ensures teams have resources to respond, and shares learnings to prevent recurrence
Manages team decisions around developer tools, oversees selection and enhancement of tools, and shares best practices for complex products
Identifies and develops engineering talent, ensures team skills support business goals, and disseminates knowledge to improve product reliability
Coaches and develops engineers to adapt to evolving tools, frameworks, and AI-driven workflows
Partners closely with product managers, QA, risk, compliance, and security functions to deliver safe and customer-centric solutions
Ensures development work integrates responsibly with AI/ML capabilities and outputs adhere to data governance and regulatory standards

Requirements

10+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, or 13+ years of relevant work experience
Experience leading software engineering teams in fintech, payments, or banking technologies and software systems
Experience developing and/or implementing web-based or mobile applications
Experience in a leadership role with direct reports
Experience in requirements gathering, system design, and architecture for complex software solutions
Experience in agile delivery management and DevSecOps practices
Experience in code development, review, and debugging for enterprise-scale applications
Experience in test planning, execution, and automation
Experience in incident response and resolution for software engineering teams
Experience in talent management, coaching, and engineering development
Digital fluency including the ability to work with Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot
12+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, 8–10 years with an advanced degree, or 6+ years with a PhD
Experience in securities, payments, and banking technologies
Experience working with container-based technologies
Experience building and testing enterprise-scale web services
Experience in product development on internal or client-facing project or technical teams
Experience leading project teams

Conditions

Minimum 3 days in office, exact expectations confirmed by your Hiring Manager
Eligible for bonus and equity in addition to base salary
Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pension, Life Insurance, Annual Leave, and Wellness Program
Salary may vary depending on job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and location

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