Payments Solutions Architect (US or EMEA) - Testlio

About Testlio

Testlio's fully managed crowdsourced testing platform, powered by our proprietary intelligence technology - LeoCore™, integrates expert, on-demand testers directly into your release process. Ship faster and more confidently with global coverage across 600,000+ devices, 800+ payment methods, 150+ countries, and 100+ languages.

An exciting growth frontier for Testlio is digital payments and financial transactions. We are hiring a visionary and hands-on Payments Solutions Architect to lead the intersection of digital financial transactions and quality engineering. You will define, package, and oversee the quality of our payments testing offerings—establishing the catalog, methodology, staffing, and pricing—while diving deep into the technical architecture of complex transaction systems to solve quality engineering roadblocks.

Why you will love this job

• Blend Strategy with Technical Depth: Drive the overarching vision and commercial packaging of our Payments offerings while staying grounded in the technical architecture and delivery methodologies.
• Shape the Future of Payments Testing: Be at the forefront of innovation, building and evangelizing solutions that drive transaction integrity and quality across enterprise-level, global clients.
• Partner with Clients: Work directly with clients on deep technical integrations and architectural setups to shape testing strategies that deliver measurable value.
• Make a Tangible Impact: Your work directly influences the success of our clients and the quality of their digital products for millions of users.
• Drive Company Influence: Help build the pipeline, join sales calls, and guide delivery on Payments opportunities, bringing your expertise to high-impact business decisions.

Responsibilities

Strategic & Commercial

• Vision Activation & Marketing: Produce white papers, articles, posts, speeches, and webinars on the future of payments testing.
• Ecosystem & Alliances Support: Collaborate with leadership and software partners to identify and execute joint GTM offerings.
• Sales Collaboration: Engage with enterprise-class prospects in partnership with Sales to provide guidance on payments testing strategies and ROI.
• Offering Lifecycle Management: Launch, evolve, and refine payments services based on market and competitive intelligence.

Delivery & Technical

• Architectural Design: Design bespoke, highly technical quality engineering methodologies for agentic payments, mobile payments, wallets, and POS systems.
• Delivery Expertise: Act as an escalation point and subject-matter expert from scoping to test execution review.
• Technical Problem Solving: Resolve technical roadblocks in payments quality engineering, ensuring transaction integrity, security, and compliance.
• Client Up-Leveling: Help Testlio Services teams and top clients implement new technical approaches.

Requirements

Technical Skills

• 10+ years of deep experience with digital payment systems (mobile payments, online banking, payment gateways, wallets, POS systems).
• Strong technical affinity for quality engineering, API integrations, and software development methodologies in the financial sector.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot payment integrations and design structured evaluation criteria.
• Master's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Human Skills

• Strong management consulting or managed services background with a client-centric mindset.
• Experience designing service offerings and collaborating cross-functionally across sales and partners.
• Excellent communication capabilities for technical teams and business executives.
• Leadership ability to motivate distributed cross-functional teams without direct reports.