Tech Lead

About ValPay

ValPay is a leading payments platform within the Valsoft ecosystem, delivering integrated payment solutions across a diverse portfolio of vertical SaaS businesses. Our mission is to simplify and optimize how businesses process payments by embedding seamless, secure, and scalable payment capabilities directly into software workflows.

As we continue to scale, we are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead to drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and help build robust, high-performing systems that power our growing payments infrastructure.

About the Role

As a Tech Lead at ValPay, you will play a critical role in shaping the architecture, scalability, and reliability of our payment solutions. You’ll operate as both a technical expert and team leader, working closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions.

This is a player-coach role where you’ll contribute directly to the codebase while guiding and mentoring a team of engineers.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership

• Own the technical direction and architecture of core payment systems
• Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-availability systems
• Ensure best practices in code quality, testing, and system performance
• Drive technical decision-making and evaluate trade-offs

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and develop a team of engineers through coaching and feedback
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering standards
• Support hiring and onboarding of top engineering talent
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative engineering culture

Delivery & Execution

• Partner with Product to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Own end-to-end delivery of key initiatives and projects
• Ensure timely and high-quality execution across the team
• Identify and remove technical blockers

Platform & Innovation

• Continuously improve system scalability, reliability, and security
• Contribute to payments innovation, including integrations, APIs, and compliance standards
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies

AI & Engineering Innovation

• Drive adoption of the latest advancements in AI and developer tooling to enhance engineering productivity
• Identify opportunities to integrate AI capabilities into products and payment workflows
• Leverage AI to improve code quality, testing, automation, and system efficiency
• Experiment with and evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., LLMs, copilots, automation frameworks)
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and experimentation across the engineering team
• Partner with product and business leaders to translate AI initiatives into measurable business impact

What You Bring

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a leadership role
• Strong experience building distributed systems and APIs
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python, or Node.js)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Solid understanding of system design, data structures, and performance optimization
• Experience working in high-growth or product-driven environments

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in payments, fintech, or embedded finance
• Familiarity with PCI compliance, security, and transaction processing systems
• Frontend exposure (React or similar)
• Experience integrating with third-party systems and APIs