Head of IT

About the role

Lead backend, frontend, and Android development using Spring Boot, Kotlin, TypeScript, NuxtJS, NextJS, and native Android. Design system architecture and select the right technologies/middleware, including Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, and SQL. Ensure payment gateway and EDC systems are secure, scalable, highly available, and reliable.

Key responsibilities

• Lead backend, frontend, and Android development using Spring Boot, Kotlin, TypeScript, NuxtJS, NextJS, and native Android
• Review code, solve technical issues, optimize performance, and prevent potential production problems
• Ensure code quality and security before production using SAST (SonarQube), SCA (Trivy), code review, and security best practices
• Lead or participate in penetration testing, stress/load testing, and vulnerability remediation
• Design system architecture and select the right technologies/middleware, including Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, and SQL
• Ensure payment gateway and EDC systems are secure, scalable, highly available, and reliable
• Work with Product Managers to prioritize, estimate, schedule, and deliver technical initiatives
• Work with Infrastructure/DevOps teams on deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and production operations
• Lead production incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and system improvement
• Ensure systems meet PCI DSS and other applicable security, regulatory, audit, and certification requirements

Requirement

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
• Minimum 10 years of IT experience, including at least 5 years of software development experience
• Strong experience in payment gateways, payment systems, or other highly regulated industries is highly preferred
• Proven experience building, managing, and scaling high-availability, high-volume, transaction-based systems
• Strong understanding of payment technologies and protocols, including ISO 8583, Payment HSM (Atalla/Payshield), SAM Card, and related technologies
• Strong understanding of software architecture, security, system integration, and database technologies
• Experience with security testing, vulnerability management, and PCI DSS or other relevant security/certification standards
• Strong problem-solving, technical decision-making, and communication skills