Payments-only depth

We speak the language of your rails—not just your job descriptions.

Every domain below maps to real roles, real technologies, and real programme outcomes we staff every week for issuers, acquirers, processors, and fintechs.

Card payments & network optimisation

Interchange strategy, authorisation tuning, and scheme rule implementation across Visa, Mastercard, and domestic networks.

Roles: network architects, scheme managers, auth engine leads · Tech: BASE24, Postilion, custom auth stacks

Fraud & risk

Real-time monitoring, model ops, and AML orchestration for high-volume transaction environments.

Roles: fraud analysts, ML engineers, AML leads · Tech: SAS, Featurespace, custom rules engines

Domain catalogue

Merchant payments & acquiring

Onboarding, MDR optimisation, settlement, and merchant lifecycle at scale.

Roles: acquiring PMs, settlement analysts · Tech: gateway APIs, POS middleware

Issuing & card programmes

Product setup, processor integration, tokenisation, and wallet enablement.

Roles: issuing specialists, programme managers · Tech: HSM, token vaults, CMS

Payment switching

High-throughput switching, routing logic, and host-to-host integration.

Roles: switch engineers, integration leads · Tech: ISO8583, ISO20022, MQ, Kafka

Gateways & API payments

API-first products, developer experience, and orchestration layers.

Roles: API engineers, platform PMs · Tech: REST, webhooks, idempotency patterns

Digital banking & wallets

Account-to-account, P2P, and embedded payment experiences in banking apps.

Roles: mobile payments leads, wallet architects · Tech: SDKs, OAuth, strong customer auth

Real-time payments & UPI

Instant settlement rails, liquidity management, and cross-border RTP bridges.

Roles: RTP engineers, liquidity analysts · Tech: FedNow, RTP, UPI NPCI stack

ISO8583

Legacy messaging, field mapping, certification, and switch modernisation.

Roles: 8583 developers, certification engineers · Tech: bitmap parsers, host protocols

ISO20022

Migration programmes, rich data mapping, and coexistence with legacy rails.

Roles: migration architects, message analysts · Tech: XML, MX, SWIFT CBPR+

PCI DSS & security

Scope reduction, audit readiness, and secure cardholder data environments.

Roles: QSA support, security architects · Tech: network segmentation, HSM, KMS

Settlement & reconciliation

End-of-day processing, exception handling, and multi-party reconciliation.

Roles: recon analysts, batch engineers · Tech: ETL, ledger systems

Chargebacks & disputes

Scheme dispute workflows, representment, and operational efficiency.

Roles: chargeback ops leads, dispute analysts · Tech: Ethoca, Verifi integrations

Testing & certification

Scheme certification labs, regression automation, and pre-production validation.

Roles: payment QA, cert engineers · Tech: simulators, test harnesses

Cloud payments

Cloud-native payment platforms, resilience, and cost-optimised scale.

Roles: cloud architects, SRE · Tech: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, event-driven arch

Open banking & embedded finance

PSD2/PSD3 compliance, consent models, and partner API ecosystems.

Roles: open banking PMs, integration engineers · Tech: OAuth2, FAPI, VRP

ISO 8583 → ISO 20022: migration intelligence

We staff programmes that bridge legacy and rich-data futures—without losing production stability.

Active migration demand

8583 Legacy operations

  • Truncated metadata on high-value flows
  • Manual cross-border reconciliation
  • Field-level encoding risk in multi-hop routing

20022 Rich-data future

  • Structured remittance and purpose-of-payment data
  • Improved AML and sanctions screening fidelity
  • Interop across RTGS, ACH, and instant schemes

Live programme coverage

Programme Compliance Latency target Status
SWIFT gpi / ISO 20022 CBPR+ aligned Real-time tracking Active hiring
Visa Direct / Mastercard Send PCI-DSS L1 <2s finality Active hiring
FedNow / RTP integration Reg II <500ms routing Scaling
Cloud gateway replatform SOC2 + PCI 99.99% SLO Active hiring

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