Senior Director, B2B Engineering, Americas Site Lead
$250,000–$350,000 year
HybridAustin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead Flywire's B2B engineering organization across the Americas, owning technical strategy, delivery, architecture, execution, and long-term scalability. Partner with the CTO, Product, and business leaders to define the technology roadmap, while establishing Austin as a strategic engineering hub. Build and scale a high-performing internal team to reduce external dependencies, drive an AI-first mindset, and set engineering standards and operating rhythms. Recruit and mentor senior leaders, represent the function in executive discussions, and ensure the platform remains scalable and secure. This role requires 15+ years of experience in payments and high-volume transaction systems, with a preference for Austin, Texas.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of software engineering experience
- significant leadership experience at Director, Senior Director, or equivalent level
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in payments, fintech, B2B software, high-volume transaction systems, marketplaces, financial platforms, or enterprise SaaS
- Strong technical depth in modern backend systems, distributed architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, reliability, security, and scalable platform design
- Demonstrated success building or transforming engineering organizations, managing external vendors and driving high performance driven engineering culture
- Experience partnering directly with business, product, and executive stakeholders to define technology strategy and deliver business-critical outcomes
- Strong understanding of payment flows, financial systems, transaction processing, reconciliation, compliance, risk, or related fintech infrastructure
- AI-forward mindset, with practical experience applying AI, automation, or data-driven capabilities to improve product and engineering outcomes
- Ability to operate with executive presence, influence senior stakeholders, and navigate complex organizational dynamics
- Strong talent magnet with the ability to attract, assess, hire, coach, and retain exceptional engineering talent
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical topics for technical and non-technical audiences
- Location preference: Austin, Texas. Chicago may also be considered for exceptional candidates.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building engineering culture in a hub or site leadership capacity strongly preferred
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