Director of Engineering, PaymentsActive$42K–$52K

About the role: What's in the Box The Global Payments Tribe at HelloFresh is responsible for gathering payment details and processing payments as part of our subscription business model, ensuring our customers can pay with their preferred payment methods in a seamless,…

What they're looking for

• Navigate organisational change with maturity, keeping teams focused and motivated through evolving priorities.
• AI proficiency and advocacy. Hands-on familiarity with AI technologies and a: demonstrable track record of championing their adoption — whether through AI-assisted development workflows, LLM-powered tooling, or driving team-wide GenAI-native ways of working.
• Deep Technical Expertise. Mastery of a broad range of technical skills: relevant to Payments — including payment processing, gateway services, batch transaction processing, payment reporting, database systems, distributed computing, and backend development frameworks. Hands-on familiarity with Golang, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and AWS.
• Systems Thinking. The ability to understand complex systems holistically,: recognising how components interact and impact each other, and leveraging this to design scalable, resilient solutions in a high-throughput environment where downtime means direct revenue loss.