Payments Solutions Architect (US or EMEA)

Location: This is a 100% remote role open to candidates residing in the United States or EMEA region.

About the job

Testlio's fully managed crowdsourced testing platform, powered by our proprietary intelligence technology - LeoCore™, integrates expert, on-demand testers directly into your release process. Ship faster and more confidently with global coverage across 600,000+ devices, 800+ payment methods, 150+ countries, and 100+ languages. To learn more, visit testlio.com. 

An exciting growth frontier for Testlio is digital payments and financial transactions. We are hiring a hands-on Solutions Architect to lead our payments testing business. You'll be the payments expert who decides how our clients' payment systems get validated, before launch and in production, and who shapes what Testlio sells to do it. You'll evolve our existing payments testing playbook, package and price our offerings, and dive deep into clients' transaction architectures to find where they'll break and design the testing that proves they won't. Our clients build their payment systems; you make sure they work for real customers, with real payment methods, in real markets.

Why you will love this job?

• Blend Strategy with Technical Depth: Drive the overarching vision and commercial packaging of our Payments testing offerings while staying grounded in the technical architecture and delivery methodologies.
• Shape the future of Payments Testing: Be at the forefront of innovation, building and evangelizing solutions that drive transaction integrity and quality across enterprise-level, global clients. Speak at conferences, author papers, collaborate with partners.
• Partner with clients to solve complex challenges: Work directly with clients on deep technical integrations and architectural setups to shape testing strategies that deliver measurable value.
• Make a tangible impact: Your work directly influences the success of our clients and the quality of their digital products. See your contributions translated into real-world improvements that benefit millions of users.
• Drive company influence: Help build the pipeline, join sales calls and guide delivery on Payments opportunities, bringing your expertise to high-impact business decisions.

Why you will love being a part of Testlio?

• Great Culture: Testlio is a female-founded company, and half of our team identifies as women. We’re proud of our inclusive, purpose-driven culture where people genuinely enjoy collaborating. As part of our team (we call ourselves TestLions), you’ll help create exceptional digital experiences for our customers, while also contributing to our freelance network.
• Remote Work: Our culture is built around remote work. We’ve created systems to allow us to successfully work together asynchronously as a fully remote and globally distributed team. Testlio provides the tools and guidance for everyone to succeed in their careers in a fully remote setting. Our working style encourages everyone to make decisions, communicate effectively, and work at a sustainable pace. 
• Investment in You: Your growth and well-being matter to us. You’ll have flexible paid time off-including national holidays, personal days, and sick days-plus stock options so you can grow with Testlio. We also provide a $300 annual learning stipend to support your personal and professional development.
• Winning Business: Testlio is growing, profitable, and cash-strong. We are leading our industry with exceptional clients who provide us with a high NPS score and a 4.7 rating on G2. Our business model is global, enterprise, and subscription-based. Several of our largest clients have been with us for 7+ years, and many spend $500K+/year with Testlio.  

What would your day look like?

Strategic & Commercial Responsibilities

• Vision Activation & Marketing: Imagine, drive, evangelize, and activate a viewpoint on the future of Payments Testing. Produce white papers, articles, posts, speeches, and webinars.
• Ecosystem & Alliances Support: Collaborate with the Testlio VP, Alliances and external software partners to identify and execute joint GTM offerings with payments and commerce consultancies.
• Sales Collaboration: Engage with enterprise-class prospects in partnership with Testlio Sales. Provide authentic and clear guidance on effective Payments Testing strategies, tactics, and ROI.
• Offering Lifecycle Management: Launch, evolve, and refine payments services, based on market and competitive intelligence.

Collaboration on Hands-on Delivery

• Architectural Design Review: Dive deep into client digital transaction architectures (agentic payments, mobile payments, wallets, POS) to design bespoke validation approaches: what to test in a sandbox, what to automate, and what needs real-world testing in the market..
• Delivery Expertise: Act as an escalation point and subject-matter expert for Delivery, stepping in hands-on from scoping to test execution review on complex or strategic payments engagements.
• Technical Problem Solving: Solve technical roadblocks in payments quality engineering, ensuring transaction integrity, security, and compliance across different global regions and instruments.
• Client Up-Leveling: Dive into intellectually stimulating, and 100M+ user scale-impacting work. Help Testlio Services teams and top clients see, design, and implement new technical approaches.

What do you need to succeed?

Technical Skills

• Deep Payments Experience: 10+ years of deep experience with digital payment systems, including mobile payments, online banking, payment gateways, wallets, and point-of-sale systems.
• Quality Engineering Affinity: Strong technical affinity for quality engineering, API integrations, and world-class software development methodologies within the financial sector.
• Payments Validation Experience: Hands-on experience defining how payment solutions are tested and validated, such as certification, UAT, test scripts, production validation or launch readiness. A genuine interest in making quality your focus.
• Hands-on Troubleshooting: Demonstrated ability to dive into the technical architecture, troubleshoot payment integrations, and design structured evaluation criteria for complex transaction flows.
• Education: Master's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Human Skills

• Proven Client-Facing Experience: Strong management consulting or managed services background with a client-centric mindset and ability to lead technical discovery.
• Commercial & Strategic Acumen: Experience designing service offerings, understanding cost-to-serve dynamics, and collaborating cross-functionally across sales and partners.
• Systems Thinker: Keen intellect, vivid imagination, and rapid problem-solving capabilities, paired with a "lifetime learner" approach to functional application.
• Communication: Excellent written, visual, and oral communication capabilities enabling clear message delivery and active listening to both technical teams and business executives.
• Leadership: Strong leadership ability to motivate and inspire distributed cross-functional teams without direct people management burden.

What is the application process?

At Testlio, we aim to hire individuals who are excited about their role, thrive in a fully remote environment, and have strong long-term potential with our team. Because we are a fully distributed company, our interview process includes conversations with several team members so you can get a well-rounded understanding of the role, the people you’ll work with, and how we collaborate. As a result, our interview process typically takes 3-4 weeks to complete. 

Interview Process:

• Application
• Recruiter interview
• Hiring Manager Interview
• ~ 3 Team and Stakeholder interviews
• Reference checks 
• Offer & background check

Diversity and Inclusion

Testlio is an equal-opportunity employer deeply committed to creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are female-founded, and half of our team members identify as women. For more information, see the DEI section of our website.