VP Engineering
KodyPay, also known as Kody, offers an all-in-one platform to simplify in-person commerce for businesses. It provides a suite of products including intuitive payment solutions, instant access to funds with the KodyCard, and powerful management and analytics tools. Partnering with Adyen N.V., Kody enables businesses to accept a wide range of payment methods, streamlining operations for both merchants and customers.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About KodyPay
KodyPay Ltd, registered in England and Wales, provides a comprehensive, all-in-one platform designed to simplify in-person commerce for businesses, particularly in the hospitality and retail sectors. The company's offerings include a suite of intuitive payment solutions such as terminals and online ordering, instant cash access via the KodyCard, and robust management tools with built-in loyalty and analytics features for understanding customer behavior. Through a partnership with financial services provider Adyen N.V., Kody supports a wide array of payment methods, including major credit cards and digital wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay. The platform aims to enhance profit margins by improving the efficiency of the payment ecosystem, while also emphasizing personal customer service and handling processes like payment management, returns, and Know Your Customer (KYC) checks.
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About the Role
Lead a high-performing engineering organization, define technical vision, guide architecture, drive execution, and ensure scalable, secure, and reliable platform delivery. Partner with Product, Design, and Operations while embedding CI/CD, observability, security, privacy, compliance, and strong operational practices.
Requirements
- 10-15 years of experience in engineering leadership roles, ideally in fintech, SaaS, or technology-enabled services.
- Experience leading engineering teams at high-growth technology companies or scale-ups.
- Deep technical expertise across modern architectures and cloud platforms.
- Track record managing and growing high-performing distributed engineering teams.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Passion for secure, scalable, customer-centric platforms.
- Hands-on experience with agile development, DevOps, and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Strong business acumen and ability to align engineering strategy with company objectives.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead the recruitment, development, and retention of a world-class engineering team.
- Set and execute engineering vision and technical direction with executive and product leadership.
- Define and deliver engineering strategy for scalable and secure platform growth.
- Drive timely, high-quality engineering execution across teams.
- Establish and monitor KPIs for performance, code quality, stability, and deployment efficiency.
- Promote feedback, mentorship, career development, and ongoing coaching.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Operations on priorities and roadmap planning.
- Champion CI/CD, testing, observability, and agile methodologies.
- Oversee architecture across backend, frontend, and infrastructure.
- Manage engineering budgets, headcount planning, and resource allocation.
- Represent engineering priorities at the leadership level.
- Maintain onboarding, documentation, and workflows for team scaling.
- Embed data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance into engineering practices.
Benefits
- Health Insurance (Medical and Dental)
- Access to Learning and Development
- Flexible time off and generous leave policy
- Participation in company equity or incentive plans
- Collaborative, inclusive culture