Engineering Team Leader - Payment
About The Position
Are you ready to make a monumental impact on some of our newest products at Elementor? We are searching for an exceptional Engineering Lead to build and lead the development of Elementor’s Payment Platform that lets any Elementor product accept one-off or usage-based payments globally, securely, and at scale
The ideal candidate brings deep experience in payments or fintech and a platform-oriented mindset to found and lead this new team from the ground up.
This role involves creating and assembling a high-performing team, recruiting exceptional talent, and overseeing the entire product development journey to drive innovation and achieve significant results.
At Elementor, your role as a Team Leader is more than just a job - it's an opportunity to lead, innovate, and inspire. If you're passionate about technology and excel in a collaborative, rapidly evolving environment, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of web development and building something amazing together.
Apply now and be a part of our journey towards unprecedented growth!
Work Environment
What do we do
Elementor is where web creation happens for real.
We are a multi-product platform powering over 13% of the internet.
Our products give millions of web creators: developers, designers, and marketers - everything they need to build, scale, and succeed.
From Israel to more than 160 countries, a new website goes live with Elementor every 10 seconds.
How do we do it
By staying AI-first, data-driven, and human-led.
We build real products that deliver real value, and we do it together.
At Elementor, creativity, fast feedback, and open collaboration shape everything we do.
You will find good energy and people who genuinely care about the product, the users, and each other.
It is a place to grow, make an impact, and help shape the future of the web.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead a new team of skilled software engineers, setting a high technical and cultural bar.
- Recruit, grow, and mentor top engineering talent, ensuring a healthy and high-performing team.
- Define and evolve the platform’s technical architecture and roadmap, from early design to scaled implementation.
- Drive end-to-end ownership of product delivery, ensuring quality, timelines, and impact.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, QA, DevOps, Data, and other stakeholders to align on goals and drive execution.
- Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-availability payment services and infrastructure.
- Build systems with future scale, extensibility, and compliance in mind.
Requirements
- Proven leadership experience, including 5+ years leading engineers, with a track record of hiring, growing, and managing high-performing teams.
- Hands-on experience in building and scaling payments or fintech systems.
- Strong platform engineering background, including microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and versioned APIs.
- Deep knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory considerations in fintech/payments.
- Demonstrated success in taking products from 0 → 1 in fast-paced environments.
- Backend-focused, with working knowledge of modern frontend frameworks.
- Strong system design and problem-solving skills, with a hands-on, proactive mindset.
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming and software design patterns.
Podcast
Our shiny podcast “Elementalks” will give you a glimpse behind the scenes of the various teams at Elementor!
Who are the people working here? What is the best way to integrate into a specific team? Click here for all the episodes and find out.