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Director of AI-Native Engineer

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About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community of over 2,500 colleagues worldwide, serving customers and partners in more than 190 markets.

By simplifying complex financial workflows — from global payments and compliance to multi-currency management, workforce solutions, working capital, and business intelligence — we empower businesses to operate efficiently and grow with confidence.

Role Summary
Location: India
Type: Hybrid / Full-time

We are looking for a Director of AI-Native Engineering — a senior engineering leader who will shape how AI-native development is done at Payoneer. This is not just a team leadership role; it is an opportunity to define the operating model, standards, and architecture for AI-first product development across the organization.

You will lead multiple AI Pods (or a growing org of Pods), set the technical and methodological direction, and work closely with Product and business leaders to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI-native systems. You will balance strategic leadership with strong technical judgment, ensuring high-quality execution while building an organization that can move fast and learn continuously.

What you’ll do

• Lead, grow, and scale multiple AI-native engineering teams (AI Pods), developing managers and senior engineers
• Define and drive the AI-native engineering strategy, standards, and best practices across the organization
• Own end-to-end delivery across teams — from problem definition to production — ensuring alignment with business goals
• Partner with Product, Design, Data, and business stakeholders to shape high-impact solutions and prioritize initiatives
• 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