BVNK
Financial Services
TechLead(Backend):Cards
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“Tech Lead (Backend): Cards at BVNK. Skills: Technical Leadership, Backend Architecture, Payments Systems. Define and drive architecture for cards platform. Act as primary technical decision-maker”
What You'll Achieve.
Build secure, compliant systems; Enable merchants to offer card products; Accelerate global money movement; Transform how businesses operate globally; Eliminate payment delays; Reduce costs; Unlock trapped capital
Industry & Context.
Make trade-off decisions to keep projects on track
Open to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8–12+ years of professional software engineering experience, 3–5+ years in senior or technical leadership roles, Proven track record designing and delivering complex, scalable systems, Experience acting as the primary technical decision-maker for a team or domain, understanding of card payments, issuing programmes, or transaction processing in a regulated environment, Experience with PCI-DSS compliance or similar security/regulatory frameworks, experience leading end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives, Experience mentoring and developing engineers, proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, understanding of RESTful APIs, system integration patterns, data modelling using SQL and/or NoSQL databases, Good understanding of cloud platforms, Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, Experience with observability and reliability tooling, communication skills
Nice to Have
Enthusiasm for adopting AI-assisted development tooling, Familiarity with crypto/fiat payment rails and issuer integrations, Experience working in high-growth or fast-scaling technology environments, Exposure to fintech, payments, or other high-availability transactional systems, Experience contributing to engineering strategy, hiring, or organisational scaling initiatives
What You'll Do.
Define and drive architecture for cards platform
Act as primary technical decision-maker
Lead design and delivery of systems
Own technical roadmap for cards engineering
Coordinate delivery across workstreams
Contribute hands-on to codebase
Mentor and develop engineers
Promote engineering best practices
Lead technical assessments with third-party providers
Remove technical blockers
Facilitate collaboration across squads
Represent cards engineering in forums
Partner with Product and Business on prioritisation
Drive operational excellence
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Design, Business and Engineering stakeholders; Facilitate collaboration across squads; Represent cards engineering in cross-org technical forums; Partner with Product and Business on prioritisation
Communication Scope
Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Coordinating delivery across multiple workstreams, Leading end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives
Full Job Description
About us: We believe the next generation of financial services will be powered by stablecoins. Founded in 2021, our mission at BVNK is to accelerate global money movement. We’re building stablecoin-native infrastructure so businesses can move value instantly across borders and networks. With global licenses and T1 bank partnerships, we facilitate billions in transactions for enterprise clients like Worldpay, Deel, LianLian Global, and Rapyd. Our technology is transforming how businesses operate globally by eliminating payment delays, reducing costs, and unlocking trapped capital. We’re a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift. In 2025, we secured strategic investment from Visa, following our $50 million Series B with Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Avenir, and Tiger Global. With the backing of these leading investors, we’re accelerating our growth – and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the future of financial services. We're incredibly honored to have made Newsweek's list of The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces three years running (most recently in 2025) and to have been recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK in 2024. Location: We offer a Hybrid/Remote working policy. FUNCTION: Engineering As a Tech Lead on the Cards team, you will act as the technical guardian of the squad, overseeing the architecture and delivery of BVNK's card issuing and transaction platform while remaining hands-on in code. You will partner closely with Product, Design, Business and Engineering stakeholders to build secure, compliant systems that enable merchants to offer card products spanning crypto and fiat rails. You will play a key role in defining the technical roadmap for card issuance, tokenization, transaction processing, and settle
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