Director Engineering

Nium provides global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments. We were founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. Our platform enables banks, fintechs, and global businesses to move money instantly, everywhere. Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore with offices in 14 markets worldwide, we are entering one of the most exciting chapters in our journey. In March 2026, we delivered the largest month in our 11-year history with record revenue, record volumes, and EBITDA profitability. Today, Nium moves nearly $60B in payments annually, almost entirely for enterprises, while continuing to strengthen an already healthy balance sheet. It is an incredible time to join us, and we are only just getting started.

As the Director of Engineering for Card Issuing, you will lead the engineering organization that builds and runs our card issuing product. You will own engineering vision, architecture and delivery across product development, quality assurance, release management, reliability engineering and process automation. You will be a key strategic partner to our Global business, shaping how we build and deliver software and growing the people who do it.

Responsibilities

• Architect for Scale & Reliability: Partner with our senior technical architect to shape our architectural direction and engineering vision for Card Issuing. Build and operate foundational, mission-critical, high-availability distributed systems, ensuring fault tolerance and operational excellence at every layer.
• Elevate Engineering Rigor: Raise the bar for technical excellence. Bring deep technical expertise to architectural design discussions, setting standards for code quality, SLOs, and platform scalability.
• Modernize Development: Champion and integrate modern development processes, heavily leveraging AI co-pilots and GenAI tools to accelerate engineering velocity, automate testing, and improve overall operational efficiency.
• Lead Distributed Teams: Hire, develop, and inspire high-performing engineering teams, first-line engineering managers, and program managers distributed across multiple global geographies.
• End-to-End Ownership: Be accountable for the full delivery lifecycle: from architecture through production, QA, release management, and site operations (you build it, you run it).
• Drive Strategic Alignment: Balance long-term architectural vision with near-term market needs. Partner with business leaders to keep engineering fully aligned with company strategy, stepping into product discussions when necessary.
• Optimize Execution: Cultivate a culture of high standards, innovation, and execution. Ensure every part of the engineering organization runs at peak productivity, managing departmental operating budgets and investment planning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years managing and growing engineering teams, including senior leaders and managers.
• Proven experience designing, building, operating, and scaling mission-critical, high-availability, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Uncompromising focus on technical excellence and deep technical expertise,you are highly comfortable guiding hands-on technical work, collaborating on long-term architecture (e.g., Java , Spring Boot, PostgreSQL/MySQL, AWS EKS, and Docker/Kubernetes microservices), and framing technical trade-offs.
• Track record of successfully managing, motivating, and scaling engineering teams across distributed global geographies.
• Deep familiarity with modern software lifecycles, including a proven history of integrating AI co-pilots and developer productivity tools into the engineering workflow.
• An innate "startup hustle",you thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and operate with a deep sense of urgency to drive outcomes.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes for non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, performance bonuses, equity for specific roles, and recognition programs. We also provide medical coverage, 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs, flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office), role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.