R&D Team Lead (Fullstack)
Location: Gurugram, India
Department: Business Applications
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.
Role summary
We are looking for a Frontend Engineering Manager to lead our Frontend Platform and Micro-Frontend architecture. This role owns frontend engineering outcomes end-to-end from platform strategy and architecture to delivery excellence, quality, and developer productivity.
You will manage and grow high-performing frontend teams, define platform standards, and partner closely with Product, Design, and Backend leaders to build scalable, high-quality user experiences.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & People Management
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers
- Set clear technical and delivery expectations, provide regular feedback, and support career growth
- Build a strong engineering culture around ownership, quality, and continuous improvement
Frontend Platform Ownership
- Own the frontend platform vision and roadmap, focusing on scalability, performance, and developer experience
- Define and evolve shared frontend foundations: design systems, component libraries, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines
- Drive standardization while enabling team autonomy
Micro-Frontend Architecture
- Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of micro-frontend architecture
- Define best practices for module federation, deployment independence, versioning, and cross-team integration
- Ensure seamless composition, performance optimization, and runtime stability across micro-frontends
Delivery & Outcomes
- Own end-to-end delivery outcomes — from requirements and architecture to release, monitoring, and iteration
- Balance speed and quality through strong engineering practices (testing, observability, performance budgets)
- Partner with Product and Design to translate business goals into scalable frontend solutions
Technical Excellence
- Be hands-on at the architectural level; guide critical technical decisions and reviews
- Drive adoption of modern frontend technologies and patterns
- Proactively address frontend performance, accessibility, security, and reliability
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of frontend engineering experience, with 2+ years managing frontend teams
- Strong experience building and scaling frontend platforms
- Proven hands-on expertise with micro-frontend architectures (e.g., Module Federation, single-spa, or equivalent)
- Deep knowledge of modern frontend stacks (React preferred), state management, build systems, and tooling
- Experience owning large-scale frontend systems used by multiple teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading platform teams serving multiple product teams
- Strong understanding of design systems and cross-functional collaboration with Design
- Experience in B2B or high-scale consumer products
- Exposure to performance optimization at scale
What Success Looks Like
- A scalable, reliable frontend platform enabling fast, independent team delivery
- High-quality micro-frontend architecture with strong performance and developer experience
- Frontend teams that consistently deliver outcomes, not just features
- Engineers who feel supported, challenged, and growing
- Take ownership of team growth, recruitment, and development processes.
Who you are:
- A collaborative team player with strong leadership and communication skills.
- High proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
- A passion for managing and growing talent.
- Ambition and a strong eagerness to learn and adapt.
- Global Leadership Experience is a must.
- Experience in managing at least 3-4 development teams.
What could set you apart:
- Education: B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related field is required.
- Leadership: 5+ years of managerial experience, leading large development groups or overseeing R&D in small/medium companies.
- Development: 5+ years as a developer with full-stack experience (e.g., C#, .NET, Java).
- Technical Expertise: Proficiency with REST APIs, Queues, and Microservices architecture and database experience.
- Architectural Knowledge: Strong understanding of OOP, design patterns, and system development (not just services).
- Engineering Practices: Expertise in code reviews, test coverage, and agile methodologies.
The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
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