SlipstreamJobsFresh Startup & VC-Backed Jobs

Director of AI-Native Engineer

Payoneer - Gurugram, Haryana, India - Hybrid - posted 2026-08-18

Apply on the company site

SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.

Payoneer, founded in 2005, is a global financial platform serving over 2,500 colleagues and customers in 190+ countries. The company simplifies complex financial workflows—from global payments and compliance to multi-currency management, workforce solutions, and business intelligence—enabling businesses to operate efficiently worldwide. You will serve as Director of AI-Native Engineering, leading multiple AI Pods (teams) and shaping how AI-native development is executed across the organization. This is a strategic leadership role that combines people management with hands-on technical authority. Key responsibilities include: - Lead, grow, and scale multiple AI-native engineering teams, developing managers and senior engineers - Define and drive AI-native engineering strategy, standards, and best practices organization-wide - Own end-to-end delivery from problem definition to production, ensuring alignment with business goals - Partner with Product, Design, Data, and business stakeholders to shape high-impact solutions - Establish and enforce high standards for architecture, scalability, reliability, and code quality - Drive adoption of AI-first development methodologies, tools, and workflows across R&D - Build and scale evaluation, monitoring, and observability frameworks as core system design components - Act as senior technical authority, guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers and managers - Define and evolve the operating model for AI Pods, including ownership, autonomy, and delivery practices - Build a strong engineering culture focused on accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and excellence This hybrid, full-time role is based in India and offers the opportunity to define the operating model and standards for AI-first product development at a rapidly scaling fintech platform.

Similar roles