Job Title : Head of Platform Engineering

Reporting to : Chief Product & Technology Officer

Location : Pune - Hybrid-Working : 3 days in office, 2 days from home.

OVERVIEW :

APEXX is pioneering payment orchestration, transforming the global payments landscape with cutting-edge technology and innovation.

As a leader in Fintech, we're committed to excellence, driving forward-thinking solutions that empower businesses worldwide.

The Head of Engineering will be a pivotal part of our Engineering Leadership Team - overseeing our teams in Pune and Bengaluru and working alongside the leadership team in the UK.

This role will include an element of travel, as needed.

Additionally, this role will serve as a Site Leader taking ownership of wider company initiatives and operations in partnership with the Head of People.

The successful candidate will lead the team whilst focusing on addressing the challenges of technology, communication, structure, coordination, cultural alignment, operational efficiency, developer experience, team morale, collaboration, and consumer-centricity.

THE ROLE :

We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Head of Engineering to lead and support our engineering teams.

This is a key leadership role, responsible for co-shaping our engineering strategy, fostering technical excellence, and ensuring our teams are empowered to deliver scalable, high-quality software at pace.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and implementing best-in-class engineering practices, enabling a culture of high performance, innovation, and accountability.

This leader must be able to inspire teams, drive transformation through influence, and create an environment where engineers thrive and grow.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

- You Set the Standard for Excellence

- You take full accountability for engineering performance, setting a high bar for quality, delivery, and collaboration.

- You ensure your teams operate with autonomy and ownership, fostering a culture where engineers are empowered to make decisions and drive meaningful impact.

- Your leadership elevates not just your team but the entire engineering function, raising the collective standard through your example.

- You Are a Respected and Trustworthy Leader

- With a foundation of trust, clear expectations, and open communication, your team follows your lead without the need for micromanagement.

- You foster an environment of accountability, where individuals feel empowered to take ownership, make decisions, and deliver high-quality outcomes.

- You balance approachability with decisiveness, addressing challenges swiftly and constructively.

- You demonstrate resilience through leadership, and always have a positive can-do attitude to help inspire and motivate your team.

- You Develop and Elevate Talent

- You are deeply invested in the growth and well-being of your team.

- You recognise and nurture potential, ensuring engineers have the support, mentorship, and development opportunities they need to thrive.

- You maintain a keen awareness of workload and stress levels, fostering a culture of sustainable high performance.

- Your coaching enables individuals to excel both technically and professionally.

- You Bring Technical Depth and Strategic Insight

- You develop a strong understanding of our platform and engineering landscape, enabling you to make or guide key architectural and technical decisions.

- You identify and champion high-performing individuals and teams, optimising not just for delivery but for long-term scalability and team health.

- Your technical credibility allows you to challenge ideas, support innovation, and ensure we are always improving.

You Are Customer-Obsessed :

- You view technology as a means to deliver real value, ensuring that every decision is driven by the customer experience.

- You prioritise quality, reliability, security and scalability, ensuring our platform is robust, secure, and trusted by the businesses we serve.

ABOUT YOU :

- Proven experience building & leading high-performing engineering teams in a technology-driven organisation.

- Demonstrate strong resilience with proven experience driving change management in large teams (50+) and ability to effectively manage conflict resolution as needed.

- A strong leader and mentor, capable of inspiring teams and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement whilst focusing on delivering quality.

- Deep expertise in software architecture, system design, and cloud-native development with proven experience developing high-throughput, low-latency applications.

- Hands-on experience with modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, React.JS etc).

- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

- Experience with observability, distributed tracing, and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry).

- A strong advocate for DevOps culture and automation, with experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and reliability engineering best practices.

- Desired experience working in the Payments domain, with an understanding of compliance, transaction flows, and regulatory requirements (ISO27001, PCI-DSS 4.0 and Open Banking APIs).

BENEFITS :

- Health : Insurance (Employee, spouse, and two children) optional cover for parents or in laws.

- 15 personal days per year + Festival holidays.

- You can also take your birthday off as paid leave, and we offer a paid day off for any charity work you want to participate in.

- Enrichment : Learning and development training to strengthen your career and progression, leadership in house training and monthly lunch and learn, where you eat lunch and learn with our guest presenter.

- Social : Monthly team outings & incentives.

- Some of our recent ones include- Hackathon, Lunch and Learns and team building games.