Full-Time
Engineering Manager
APEXX Global
51-200 employees
Payment orchestration platform for enterprise merchants
No salary listed
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hybrid
Hybrid work is required in Pune.
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- At least 5 years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in an engineering management or technical leadership role.
- Proven experience working in Java- and Python-based systems.
- Deep understanding of third-party APIs, data integration, and secure data transmission protocols such as REST, SOAP, and OAuth.
- Understanding of microservices, Amazon Web Services, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, Spring Boot, and caching mechanisms.
- Required experience in financial technology or payments, especially with processors, gateways, or financial data providers.
- Strong leadership and people-management skills, including experience mentoring and developing engineering talent.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong decision-making ability and the ability to influence engineering teams and product stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Agile and Scrum development methodologies.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers.
- Guide architecture and design for third-party integrations with a focus on reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
- Oversee the full integration lifecycle from planning and development through testing, deployment, and production support.
- Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to define and deliver integration roadmaps.
- Set and uphold engineering standards through code reviews, technical mentorship, and process improvements.
- Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence.
- Monitor performance, resolve incidents, and conduct postmortems.
- Lead and support a team of software engineers delivering customer-facing and platform capabilities.
- Guide architecture and design across the self-serve customer portal, real-time transaction dashboards, and intelligent routing engine.
- Shape product thinking alongside Product and Design to ensure seamless user experiences.
- Oversee third-party integrations with payment processors, Buy Now Pay Later providers, fraud prevention services, and financial data providers.
- Ensure integrations are secure, performant, and scalable from design through production support.
- Champion engineering quality through architecture reviews, hands-on technical guidance, and best practices.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
- Lead incident response, retrospectives, and process improvements.
APEXX Global offers a payment orchestration platform that gives enterprise merchants a single API to access the global payments ecosystem. It connects to 200+ acquirers and 150+ alternative payment methods, consolidating providers and transaction data in one interface. Key features include AIRE, an intelligent routing engine that directs transactions to the highest-performing providers to improve approvals and reduce costs, Cost Routing to pick the most economical option, and Decline Cascading to retry failed payments through alternatives; it also provides consolidated reporting and analytics, plus APEXX Connect for BNPL access. The company aims to simplify global payments, improve approval rates and cost efficiency for large businesses, and support international growth, including expansion into North America.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$51M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Finch Capital led a February 2026 $10 million investment, signaling fresh execution backing.
- April 2026 leadership upgrades added Simon Hughes and Simon Eve to accelerate sales.
- Late-2025 wins with Jet2, Iglu.com, and Norse Atlantic pushed APEXX near profitability.
What critics are saying
- Stripe, Adyen, and Worldpay compress pricing, making orchestration a feature by 2027.
- APEXX still depends on enterprise travel volumes; airline shocks instantly cut transaction revenue.
- If North America expansion stalls after February 2026 financing, growth becomes structurally brittle.
What makes APEXX Global unique
- APEXX Global's March 2025 J.P. Morgan partnership expands enterprise distribution.
- Its single-API orchestration connects acquirers, gateways, and 150-plus alternative payment methods.
- Travel-heavy clients like Jet2 and Norse Atlantic validate its routing specialization.
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↓ -3%APEXX Global appoints new CCO and bolsters sales leadership to power next phase of growth. 21 Apr, 2026. 4 minutes London, UK - 21st April 2026 - APEXX Global, the merchant-centric payment orchestration platform, today announces the promotion of Simon Hughes to Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and the appointment of Simon Eve as Head of Sales & Partnerships. Simon Hughes' promotion recognises his pivotal role in driving APEXX Global's commercial success. As Head of Sales & Partnerships, Hughes has overseen the most productive commercial period in the company's history, accelerating enterprise adoption of APEXX's Payment Orchestration Platform and strengthening strategic partnerships across the global payments ecosystem. In his new role as CCO, Hughes will lead APEXX's global commercial strategy, uniting sales, partnerships, and go-to-market execution as the business enters its next phase of growth. Peter Keenan, Founder & CEO of APEXX Global, commented: "Simon has been instrumental in shaping APEXX's commercial momentum. Under his stewardship, our sales and partnerships teams have delivered exceptional results and built a powerful pipeline of enterprise merchants and strategic partners. Simon is absolutely the right person to take APEXX's commercial function to the next level, and I'm delighted to see him step into the CCO role." Succeeding Hughes, Simon Eve joins APEXX Global as Head of Sales & Partnerships, bringing more than 20 years of payments industry experience. Eve joins from Trustly, where he spent over nine years in senior leadership roles including Head of Travel, Director - Travel & UK eCommerce, and most recently VP - Travel & eCommerce. At Trustly, he led commercial strategy and execution for Open Banking solutions across Europe, driving new business, scaling existing merchant relationships, and developing strategic partnerships across travel and eCommerce. Commenting on his new role at APEXX, Simon Eve said: "Over the past decade I've worked closely with enterprise merchants across travel and eCommerce to help them scale using innovative payment solutions. Leading commercial growth for Open Banking across Europe gave me first-hand experience of how strategic partnerships and well-executed payment strategies can directly impact merchant performance. I'm excited to bring that experience to APEXX and help merchants unlock even greater value through orchestration." Peter Keenan added: "Simon Eve's experience aligns perfectly with APEXX Global's ideal customer profile. His deep understanding of enterprise merchants, particularly within travel and eCommerce, combined with his track record of scaling innovative payment solutions, makes him a fantastic addition to the leadership team. Simon's expertise will be invaluable as we continue to help merchants improve acceptance rates, reduce costs, and simplify global payments through orchestration." These appointments underscore APEXX Global's continued investment in commercial leadership as demand for payment orchestration accelerates among enterprise merchants seeking greater resilience, flexibility, and performance from their global payment strategies. APEXX Global is a multi-award winning global payments orchestration platform that combines acquirers, gateways, shopping carts and Alternative Payments Methods into a single marketplace and one-stop solution for Enterprise/Tier 1 merchants. APEXX builds an integrated and transparent service that manages the authorisation, processing and optimisation of transactions. APEXX takes an agnostic approach to partnerships, working with many different solutions providers across the payments industry. Its approach creates a more efficient and cost-effective solution that cuts through the complexity of e-payments and leaves behind legacy technology systems. Its mission is to help businesses grow by reducing unnecessary costs, increasing conversion rates and simplifying the payment execution process through advanced payment orchestration. Media Contact: Sam Mahony Marketing Manager
APEXX Global has secured $10 million in funding led by Finch Capital, a European growth investor managing over €500 million in assets. Finch Capital's Managing Partner Radboud Vlaar will join APEXX's board as chairman. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, APEXX operates a payment orchestration platform that connects enterprise merchants to the global payments ecosystem through a single API. The platform uses intelligent routing to improve acceptance rates and reduce processing costs. The investment follows strong commercial momentum, with APEXX securing major enterprise clients including Jet2, Iglu.com and Norse Atlantic in late 2025, pushing the company close to profitability. The funding will support international expansion and product innovation as APEXX aims to help merchants optimise payment performance across complex digital commerce environments.
Iglu have chosen APEXX's Smart Routing and Cascading products alongside the unified reporting suite to enhance their current payment stack whilst introducing a multi acquirer setup into their payment ecosystem.
APEXX Global, the leading payment orchestration platform, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Jet2, one of the UK's largest and most trusted leisure airlines and package holiday providers.
Norse Atlantic Airways partners with APEXX Global to enhance payment solutions.