Director, Head of Core Banking Technology Platforms

PayPal

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Work type
Remote
Location
Chicago, ILUT
Salary
$198,000–$294,250 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 7, 2027

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PayPal is a leading global digital wallet and online payment system, founded in 1998, that allows individuals and businesses to send, receive, and manage funds securely in over 200 markets.

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TL;DR · Director, Head of Core Banking Technology Platforms

The Director, Head of Core Banking Technology Platforms leads the strategy, architecture, implementation, and operation of platforms supporting deposits, lending, payment gateway services, and Federal Reserve master-account connectivity. This role involves building a modern, cloud-native core for deposits, evolving in-house lending capabilities, and implementing payment gateways. The leader will unify these capabilities through composable APIs and event-driven architecture, integrating with identity, fraud, credit, payments, finance, treasury, compliance, data, servicing, and customer-experience platforms. Key technical requirements include experience with ledger design, double-entry accounting, financial controls, and data lineage. The position requires expertise in transaction posting, interest processing, payment clearing, settlement, and reconciliation. The role solves complex banking problems by delivering secure, resilient, and auditable infrastructure for high-volume financial transactions across public-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

What you'll do

  • Lead the strategy, architecture, and operation of platforms for deposits, lending, and payment gateway services.
  • Build and manage a modern, cloud-native core for deposit platforms and evolve existing in-house lending capabilities.
  • Unify banking capabilities through composable APIs and event-driven architecture integrated with identity, fraud, and compliance systems.
  • Direct the delivery of business and technical outcomes for multiple projects and operational activities within the domain.
  • Set the tri-annual roadmap and operational strategy for the domain based on defined budgets and engineering health objectives.
  • Manage critical technology vendors to ensure delivery, reliability, and adherence to contractual service levels.
  • Communicate complex technical and operational issues clearly to executives, business partners, auditors, and regulators.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of software engineering or technology-platform experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
  • 7+ years leading engineering teams responsible for banking, payments, or other highly regulated platforms.
  • 2 years of experience leading others.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing, modernizing, or operating core banking platforms spanning deposits, lending, or payments.
  • Deep understanding of deposit accounts, loan systems, transaction posting, interest processing, payment clearing, settlement, reconciliation, and general-ledger integration.
  • Experience implementing payment gateways or direct bank connectivity to ACH, wire, or instant-payment networks.
  • Experience building enterprise API platforms and event-driven distributed systems.
  • Bachelor’s degree or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

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