Job Title: Senior Solutions Manager
Department: Engineering
The Senior Solutions Manager – Payments will be responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge payment solutions across DFS’s product portfolio, including In Dispenser Point Of Sale - iDPOS platform. This role will oversee a team of software engineers focused on delivering secure, compliant, and scalable payment technologies across markets.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical depth, strategic vision, and strong people management skills to drive engineering excellence and product innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a global engineering team developing payment software solution, including card readers, payment terminals, POS systems, and contactless payment integrations.
- Own the end-to-end engineering lifecycle for payment products, from design to development, testing, certification, and support.
- Drive the delivery and continuous improvement of the payment platform, ensuring alignment with compliance standards (e.g., EMV, PCI-SSF) and integration with DFS’s broader technology stack.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Compliance, QA, and Operations teams to ensure payment products meet functional, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and enforce high engineering standards, including code quality, CI/CD pipelines, performance monitoring, and security best practices.
- Manage vendor relationships and certification support .
- Prioritize and allocate engineering resources based on business priorities, product roadmaps, and team strengths.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent, fostering a high-performance culture and supporting career growth.
- Identify emerging trends and technologies in the payments industry and evaluate their relevance to DFS’s platform strategy.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in a technical leadership or management role, ideally in payments, POS, or embedded systems.
- Proven experience delivering compliant and secure payment systems (EMV L1/L2/L3, PCI, contactless, mobile).
- Strong knowledge of embedded software, Linux-based systems, cloud services, and system integration in payment environments.
- Experience with secure coding practices, cryptography, key management, and payment certifications.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global, matrixed environment.
Preferred Experience
- Familiarity with fuel retail technologies, forecourt controllers, and dispenser integration.
- Working knowledge of DFS platforms.
