Lead Engineer - Payment Orchestration (HyperSwitch)

About us: Arrive, including brands like EasyPark, Flowbird, RingGo, ParkMobile and Parkopedia, is a leading global mobility platform. Present in over 90 countries and 20,000 cities, the company helps people and decision-makers make smarter decisions about urban mobility and ease the experience of travel worldwide. Arrive delivers a unique combination of the core ingredients to make cities more livable: from smart payments and optimized car parks to data- driven traffic reduction and support for reinvestment in public transport and green space. Its

about more than function,its about saving time and simplifying the experience of travel for everyone. Travel is more than a journey; its how you Arrive.

Learn more about us at: https://arrive.com/en

As Arrive,we guide customersand communities towardsbrighter futures and more liveable

cities. It isnt a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we havesomething to help us make it happen: our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brandis inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travellers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the

cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Lets grow better together.

Role overview:

Join our Payments Engineering team and be at the forefront of innovation! We're seeking a passionate Lead Engineer to build and scale a world-class payment platform that impacts millions of users worldwide. This is your opportunity to grow your team, contribute to strategic goals, and make a lasting impact in a dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Take full accountability for the teams progress, proactively addressing challenges
• Act as a technical leader, bridging gaps between stakeholders and the engineering team by articulating complex concepts clearly and ensuring decisions are well-documented.
• Mentor less-experienced team members, give timely feedback, and promote high standards to help grow the teams capabilities.
• Lead Agile ceremonies, promote healthy teamwork habits, and facilitate collaboration with stakeholders.
• Set an example of technical and leadership practices for others to follow, aligning engineers toward shared goals.
• Relate your work directly to company goals, thinking strategically beyond immediate tasks.

Architecture & Design:

• Drive the migration of on-premise applications to the cloud (AWS/Kubernetes), ensuring high availability and performance.
• Design complete systems and workflows, balancing performance, simplicity, and organizational standards.
• Lead design sessions within your area of expertise, producing clear architecture diagrams.
• Identify cross-domain dependencies and anticipate potential problems, risks, and failure scenarios.

Quality, Security, & Operations:

• Promote best practices in planning, delivery, and quality assurance to ensure consistent quality and help the team balance speed with sustainability.
• Define and improve testing strategies for your team, ensuring tests cover both functional and operational risks.
• Perform risk assessments, champion secure-by-design principles, and guide peers in applying security best practices.
• Define operational standards and performance metrics for your product area, ensuring effective monitoring, reporting, and root-cause analysis
• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and cost-effective
• Advocate for automation and observability

Tech Stack: RUST, RESTful APIs, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Cloud native

Required Skills:

• Experience: 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Domain Knowledge: A deep understanding of the business, user needs, and the technical landscape. You can learn new business logic efficiently and mentor others on our systems and practices.
• Impact & Ownership: You take ownership of your projects, solve problems independently, and have a thorough understanding of the product. You actively participate in production, review others' contributions, and have informed opinions on strategic decisions.
• Strategic Mindset: You think beyond immediate tasks, using data and insights to weigh trade-offs and align decisions with long-term goals.
• Security Focus: You have a deep understanding of security, how it affects your domain, and experience with risk assessments and mitigations.
• Team Growth: A passion for growing your team and helping them contribute to their goals.
• Experience in designing and implementing secure-by-design" systems that include robust monitoring, reporting, and root-cause analysis to handle the distributed nature of the cloud.
• Experience with DevOps practices: Continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD), containerization (Docker,) and orchestration (k8s).
• Rust Expertise: Deep professional experience building and scaling applications using Rust.
• Cloud Native Background: Proven track record migrating applications from on-prem to cloud (AWS, Kubernetes, or similar tools).

Preferred Skills:

• Previous experience with billing, financial systems, or high-volume payment gateways.
• Experience in a formal or informal technical leadership role (Team Lead or Lead Engineer).

Join our team and make a significant impact on Arrive's global success. Apply now!