The posting
dtcpay is looking for a Technology Expert to strengthen the foundation of our payment platforms.
Key Responsibilities
System Architecture & Structure
- Review the current system architecture and identify structural gaps, redundancies, and dependencies
- Design and recommend a clearer, more modular system structure to improve maintainability and scalability
- Define architecture standards, design principles, and documentation practices across engineering teams
Optimisation & Performance
- Analyse system performance, stability, and cost efficiency, and lead optimisation initiatives
- Identify bottlenecks across services, databases, and integrations, and propose practical solutions
- Improve system reliability, monitoring, and incident prevention
Continuous Improvement
- Drive technical improvement roadmaps, including refactoring, technical debt reduction, and process automation
- Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and technologies, including AI-driven solutions, to improve engineering efficiency
- Streamline development and release workflows in collaboration with DevOps
Governance & Collaboration
- Ensure system changes align with MAS Technology Risk Management (TRM) guidelines, PCI DSS, and internal security standards
- Partner with Engineering, Product, and IT Governance to prioritise and execute improvements
- Mentor engineers and promote best practices in system design and code quality
People Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers, setting clear goals and expectations aligned with technical and business priorities
- Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and career development discussions
- Identify skill gaps and drive training, knowledge sharing, and technical upskilling within the team
- Participate in hiring, including defining role requirements, interviewing, and onboarding new team members
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance engineering culture
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, system architecture, or platform engineering
- Proven track record of optimising and restructuring complex, high-volume systems
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS), and databases
- Experience defining architecture standards and leading technical improvement initiatives
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills
- At least 5 years of managing a team
Preferred
- Experience in payments, fintech, or other regulated environments
- Familiarity with MAS TRM guidelines and PCI DSS
- Exposure to blockchain, stablecoin, or digital asset systems



