Head of Engineering, POS Application Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pakistan.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical strategy and architecture for the POS Application Platform as the domain CTO for software operating on POS devices.

• Develop and oversee the developer experience, platform reliability, foundational frameworks, and team adoption.

• Establish and uphold engineering standards across various POS device types and OEM manufacturers.

• Provide functional leadership to POS engineers embedded within Payments, Onboarding, VAS, Savings, and Loans squads.

• Manage POS observability, encompassing monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks.

• Drive architectural decisions to support multiple POS device types, including onboarding, governance, and integration.

• Collaborate with OEM partners and the POS hardware team for new device introductions.

• Expand and develop the POS platform team through hiring, mentoring, and structuring for global growth.

• Convert platform decisions into business impact alongside Product, Payments, and Business leadership.

• Enhance engineering processes, tooling standards, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity metrics.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience.

• At least 6 years of experience in leading engineering teams through significant growth phases.

• Direct, hands-on experience in developing software on Point-of-Sale terminal devices at the application layer; candidates lacking this experience will not be considered.

• Strong understanding of EMV standards.

• Experience with payment certification processes such as PCI DSS and P2PE; candidates without this will not be considered.

• Extensive Android engineering expertise in Kotlin and Java; no exceptions will be made.

• Experience in building internal engineering platforms, shared libraries, developer tooling, or foundational frameworks.

• Experience in governing or architecting solutions across multiple POS device types from various hardware manufacturers.

• Proven track record in building or advancing platform engineering functions.

• Capability to scale engineering teams and establish the organizational structure beneath the role.

• Experience at a company that processes high volumes of financial transactions within a regulated environment.

• A background in fintech is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with terminal management systems and device observability tools is a significant advantage.

• Backend engineering experience in Java or Spring Boot is a strong plus.

• Experience working directly with OEM vendors on hardware specifications and integration is a bonus.

• Exposure to C or C++ is an additional plus.

• Experience solely at Series A or B stage startups is unlikely to demonstrate the required scale and complexity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Pension.

• Health insurance.

• Annual bonus.

• A learning and development-focused environment.

• Knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical discussions.

• A culture that prioritizes employee well-being, inclusion, respect, and ensures all voices are heard.