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Payoneer

Global payment platform for cross-border transactions

Backend Architect

Cloud EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGurugram, Haryana, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • Deep hands-on experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Amazon Web Services.
  • Proven experience leading cloud migration and modernization of enterprise systems.
  • Strong experience designing cloud architecture including compute, storage, networking, and security.
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Experience with cloud networking, Virtual Private Cloud design, private connectivity, and secure architectures.
  • Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Aurora.
  • Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar.
  • Experience with containers and Kubernetes, preferably Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.
  • Experience building and operating continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
  • Experience modernizing legacy systems into microservices or cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience with high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery design.
  • Experience working in enterprise environments with strong security and compliance requirements.
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Ability to operate in complex enterprise environments and drive large-scale transformation initiatives.
  • Ability to translate engineering pain points into practical, AI-enabled solutions with evaluation, observability, and governance.
  • Ability to balance long-term architectural vision with pragmatic, incremental modernization.
  • Ability to make architectural decisions in ambiguous environments and influence teams through technical leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a core member of the Cloud Modernization initiative, transforming the technology backbone into a modern, cloud-native platform.
  • Accelerate the governed adoption of generative artificial intelligence, build agentic systems, and embed AI-assisted capabilities into platforms and workflows.
  • Lead initiatives to migrate, modernize, and re-architect legacy platforms into scalable, secure, and highly automated cloud-native systems.
  • Identify high-value AI use cases, enable AI adoption and AI-led development practices, and deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Build and ship agentic systems that can plan, execute, and collaborate safely with humans under robust controls.
  • Define target architectures, establish modernization patterns, and drive execution across engineering teams.
  • Design and implement cloud-native solutions, modern infrastructure platforms, and secure cloud environments for global-scale workloads.
  • Engage with multiple teams to accelerate modernization, unblock critical initiatives, and establish broadly adoptable patterns and platforms.
  • Work with architecture, platform, infrastructure, security, and product teams to modernize legacy systems and migrate databases and applications to the cloud.
  • Introduce modern DevOps and platform engineering practices and raise the organization’s overall cloud maturity.

Desired Qualifications

  • Public cloud platform experience with Amazon Web Services.
  • Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Container and Kubernetes experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.

About the Company

Payoneer

Global payment platform for cross-border transactions

Payoneer provides a global payment platform that helps businesses send and receive money across borders in multiple currencies. It works by giving businesses accounts and payment tools that let them pay suppliers and get paid by customers as if they were local, instead of using costly international wire transfers. It also connects users to major online marketplaces to expand sales opportunities. Compared with traditional banks and other fintechs, Payoneer focuses on reducing transfer fees and simplifying cross-border transactions through a multi-currency account and marketplace connections. The company’s goal is to enable easy, low-cost international payments to support global business expansion.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2005

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