Lead Payments Engineer
Lead Payments Engineer
Location
Boca Raton, FL or Remote
Employment Type
Full-Time
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on Lead Payments Engineer to help architect and build the next generation of our cloud-native payments platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys solving complex distributed systems challenges, and wants to play a key role in transforming how payment systems operate at scale.
You will lead the design and implementation of real-time payment services, modernize legacy integrations, and help establish engineering best practices across the organization. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape platform architecture, influence technical direction, and drive an AI-first engineering culture.
What You’ll Do
Build the New Payments Platform
- Design and implement cloud-native payment services on Azure, replacing legacy batch-based processing with event-driven, real-time payment pipelines.
- Develop scalable systems that process member and physician payments with high availability, resiliency, and full auditability.
- Establish infrastructure-as-code standards, CI/CD pipelines, observability practices, automated testing strategies, and deployment patterns across engineering teams.
- Lead the architecture and expansion of future payment capabilities, including real-time payment transaction processing and scalable integrations.
- Drive delivery of the payments roadmap, supporting initiatives across enrollments, EHR integrations, membership lifecycle management, and related business functions.
Bridge Legacy & Modern Systems
- Design and implement strategic integrations between modern cloud-native services and legacy enterprise systems.
- Support critical existing systems while driving long-term modernization efforts with minimal business disruption.
- Balance technical innovation with operational stability, risk management, and business continuity.
Drive an AI-First Engineering Culture
- Establish engineering standards for software design, code review, testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
- Champion AI-assisted development practices leveraging tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and automated testing frameworks.
- Mentor engineers on AI-first workflows, modern development patterns, and cloud-native engineering practices.
- Partner with product owners, architects, and business leaders to scope solutions, evaluate tradeoffs, and maximize business impact.
What We’re Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- 8+ years of software engineering experience within SaaS, product engineering, fintech, healthcare technology, or cloud-native environments
- Deep experience designing and building cloud-native applications on Azure
- Strong experience with:
- Event-driven architectures
- Message queues and streaming platforms
- Real-time data pipelines
- APIs and distributed systems
- Containers and microservices
- Expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or Pulumi
- Strong background in CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and DevOps best practices
- Experience leading major platform rebuilds, migrations, or modernization initiatives
- Proficiency across multiple programming languages and modern engineering frameworks
- Active day-to-day use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar technologies
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Builder mentality with a passion for writing production-quality code and solving complex engineering problems
- Strong cloud-native engineering mindset focused on scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence
- Pragmatic and business-focused approach to software delivery
- Self-directed, accountable, and comfortable operating with high autonomy
- Strong communicator and collaborative technical leader who elevates the people around them
- Passionate about modern software engineering, automation, and AI-assisted development
Why Join Us?
- Help build and modernize mission-critical payment infrastructure from the ground up
- Work on highly visible, enterprise-scale initiatives with direct business impact
- Be part of a forward-thinking engineering organization embracing AI-first development practices
- Collaborate with highly talented engineering, product, and business teams
- Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans
- Ongoing professional development and leadership growth opportunities
- Collaborative, innovative, and mission-driven culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®
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