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Payments engineer: a person in this job builds the software that charges cards, moves money between accounts and keeps the ledger right to the cent. Airwallex, Sezzle, Xero, Stripe and Adyen have the most open roles with “Payments engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

159 open roles · 14 posted in the last 7 days · 24% remote · 89 companies hiring · $212K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages

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Skills asked for in payments engineer roles

AWS50 · 31%Java49 · 31%Go48 · 30%PostgreSQL47 · 30%TypeScript45 · 28%React43 · 27%Kubernetes40 · 25%

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What payments engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$192K19
Senior$207K21
Lead and above$240K24

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Kinds of work close to this one

Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.

Backend engineerPython, AWS, SQL, CI/CD · $210K, about the sameSoftware engineerPython, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes · $212K, about the sameSenior software engineerPython, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes · $202K, $10K lessJunior software engineerPython, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes · $144K, $68K lessGo developerPython, AWS, SQL, CI/CD

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Questions about payments engineer jobs

What is a payments engineer job?
In a payments engineer job, a person builds the software that charges cards, moves money between accounts and keeps the ledger right to the cent. 159 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
How many payments engineer jobs are open right now?
There are 159 open payments engineer jobs at 89 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 14 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most payments engineer jobs?
Right now the most openings are at Airwallex (8), Sezzle (8), Xero (7), Stripe (6) and Adyen (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote payments engineer jobs?
38 of the 159 open payments engineer jobs (24%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do payments engineer jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $212K, based on 64 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $193K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
Is it hard to get a payments engineer job?
0 of the 159 open payments engineer jobs (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 95 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 89 companies are hiring and 14 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
How is AI changing payments engineer jobs?
28 of the 159 open payments engineer jobs (18%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, NLP. Employers still list 159 such roles today at 89 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do payments engineer jobs ask for?
Most often AWS (31%), Java (31%), Go (30%), PostgreSQL (30%), TypeScript (28%) of the 159 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in payments engineer jobs?
Senior Software Engineer (30), Staff Software Engineer (24), Software Engineer (16), Senior Payments Engineer (10), Staff Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 159 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are payments engineer jobs in demand in 2026?
159 payments engineer jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 89 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 14 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $212K. 38 (24%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for payments engineer jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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