Sales Solution Engineering Manager (Payments)

Location: Hybrid in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York; candidates must already be eligible to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available. Travel up to 25%.

Salary: $117,000–$143,000 per year in Phoenix or Chicago; $125,000–$156,000 per year in New York or San Francisco, plus discretionary incentives and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops payment and financial-services solutions, including Zelle, Paze, and transaction-protection technologies for financial institutions, businesses, and consumers.

What you will do

• Provide technical and functional support for sales engagements across the U.S. payments market.
• Design client solutions involving payment networks, digital wallets, ecommerce platforms, gateways, tokenization systems, and issuer processors.
• Lead discovery and solution design for wallet enablement, card digitization, provisioning, identity verification, and token lifecycle management.
• Explain EMV, NFC, contactless acceptance, authorization flows, terminal capabilities, certification, and troubleshooting.
• Present workshops, architecture reviews, demonstrations, technical guides, sequence flows, integration requirements, and proposals.
• Define sales solutions engineering objectives and connect client feedback and market trends with product and business plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in payments or fintech solutions engineering, sales engineering, technical consulting, or solution architecture.
• Experience with issuers, processors, payment networks, token services, or digital-wallet integrations, including wallet enablement, tokenization, or provisioning programs.
• Strong knowledge of payment tokenization, issuer-to-wallet provisioning, ID&V, token assurance, token lifecycle management, EMV, NFC, contactless payments, APIs, SDKs, cloud platforms, and scalable payment architecture.
• Understanding of U.S. payments regulation and security requirements, including PCI DSS, data protection, AML, KYC, and sanctions compliance.
• Must independently possess eligibility to work in the United States for any employer at the date of hire; the position is ineligible for visa sponsorship. Background and drug screening are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with EMV Level 1–3 testing, contactless terminal kernels, terminal-management systems, or acquirer and processor certification.
• Experience with Tap to Pay on Phone, SoftPOS, mobile point-of-sale, contactless acceptance, or terminal-estate deployment.
• Payments, fintech, EMV, security, or PCI certifications.
• Experience with real-time payments, emerging U.S. payment technologies, ecommerce fraud prevention, or risk-management tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model designed to support collaboration.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with HSA and FSA options.
• 401(k) plan with a company Safe Harbor match on the first 6% of deferrals.
• Flexible time off or generous PTO, 11 paid company holidays, and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave and family-planning support.