Senior Sales Solutions Engineer (Fintech)

Location: Chicago, United States; hybrid work with an expectation of three days per week onsite. Employees may work remotely from abroad for up to 30 additional days per year.

Company

hirify.global provides global payment infrastructure, local payment methods, unified APIs, and Merchant of Record solutions for enterprise merchants, payment service providers, and marketplaces.

What you will do

• Lead technical engagement during enterprise pre-sales processes, merchant workshops, pitch meetings, and RFP/RFI responses.
• Translate merchant business logic, checkout flows, and developer constraints into tailored technical solutions.
• Guide platform modernization, migration to the unified GAPI platform, adoption of local payment methods, and Merchant of Record solutions.
• Define integration requirements, test payloads, and support merchant developers with API testing tools such as Postman.
• Oversee technical testing and initial production transaction flows during go-live, then hand over to Implementation Management and Customer Success.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Commercial Operations to improve platform capabilities based on customer requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in customer-facing solutions engineering, technical sales, or integration consulting within payments, fintech, or e-commerce.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, webhooks, JSON payloads, and API testing tools such as Postman or cURL.
• Deep knowledge of global payment infrastructure, cards, local payment methods, processing flows, authorization mechanics, acquiring, and Merchant of Record models.
• Strong presentation, communication, technical Q&A, conflict-management, and executive stakeholder skills.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver high-quality technical RFP responses under commercial deadlines.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of JavaScript, Python, PHP, or Java for reviewing code samples and building proof-of-concept integrations.
• Experience with cross-border e-commerce, regional acquiring rails, and checkout behaviors across the Americas, EMEA, or APAC.
• Experience migrating enterprise clients from legacy multi-endpoint architectures to unified APIs.
• Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese.

Culture & Benefits

• People-first, high-trust environment with autonomy, ownership, collaborative work, and continuous learning.
• 30-day holiday allowance and a hybrid office-and-home working structure.
• 700 USD annual professional development budget, leadership cafés, and on-the-job training.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and travel insurance, plus HSA and 401k plans.
• Enhanced family leave, gym membership support, and access to a mental health platform.