Senior Subject Matter Expert - Card Payments at Enfuce Financial Services Ltd

Berlin, England, Germany -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

18 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Card Payments, Platform Leadership, Scheme Integrations, Visa, Mastercard, Certification, ISO8583, Authorization, Clearing, EMV Frameworks, Requirement Elicitation, Mentoring, PSD2, QMR, Log Analytics, Architecture

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About the role: Join Enfuce at a pivotal moment as we build and scale our next-generation card processing platform. As a Staff Subject Matter Expert in Card Payments, you will define and lead new card scheme integrations, shaping how our platform connects to Visa, Mastercard, and future schemes. This is a highly influential role where deep card-payments expertise meets platform leadership. You will work closely with architecture, product, and scheme partners to drive certifications, define standards, and ensure Enfuce’s processing capabilities are robust, compliant, and future-proof. What you'll be doing: Own and lead the end-to-end certification and integration with card schemes (Visa, Mastercard), acting as the primary SME authority across internal teams and scheme counterparts. Collaborate with the Product Managers, engineers and architects on product and feature design. Lead process flows definition with software architects. Collaborate with scheme representatives and internal stakeholders to balance technical simplicity with business logic needs. Own and drive scheme-related requirements, translating complex scheme rules into clear, actionable guidance while influencing architectural and product decisions. Actively share domain knowledge with team members through delegation, mentoring, and documentation. Utilize extensive experience in card processing, authorization, clearing, ISO8583 specification, and scheme ecosystems. Define testing strategies, acceptance criteria, and quality standards for scheme integrations, working with engineering teams to ensure full coverage and compliance. Mentor other subject matter experts in their work. Assist in migration topics and integration options with Visa/Mastercard. Serve as point of contact for the customer to support defining workflows and gathering requirements based on their business needs Identify opportunities for process and tool improvements, challenging leadership decisions when necessary. Advocate for the use of available tools from Mastercard and educate stakeholders on their benefits. What you'll bring: Proactive leadership and initiative-taking, demonstrated through examples such as test API and MDES projects. Strong requirement elicitation skills, capable of questioning and clarifying requirements to ensure alignment with business needs. Extensive technical knowledge of payment schemes, EMV frameworks, and modern card-processing architectures. Ability to analyze and generate reports, including PSD2, QMR, authorization, transaction, and balance summaries. Proficiency in working with Visa and Mastercard scheme manuals and tools. Experience using log analytics tools for monitoring and troubleshooting. Strong research skills and industry knowledge, staying updated through Mastercard and Visa seminars and training sessions. Ability to advise engineering and operation teams on issues and solutions. Why You’ll Love Working At Enfuce: High autonomy & ownership: We give you the freedom to own your work and trust you to make the best decisions for your projects. Top-tier talent: Join a team of industry experts and highly skilled professionals who are as passionate as you are about innovation. Unlimited growth potential: We support your ambition with plenty of room for personal and professional growth within the company. Flexible, remote work: Work from anywhere up to 30 days, in an environment that values flexibility and work-life balance. A supportive culture: You’ll be part of a team that encourages, motivates, and celebrates success together. Comprehensive benefits package: We take care of our people with great benefits to match the value you bring. Benefits & Perks: Fair pay and employee stock option: We value the input of every employee and want you to tap into the growth we build together. That’s why our salaries are competitive and reassessed regularly, and you have access to an employee stock option program. Flexible Paid Time Off: We offer a flexible paid time off policy, providing up to 5 weeks of annual vacation days and paid family leave (subject to country regulations). Additionally, you can benefit from hybrid or remote work options, promoting a healthy work-life balance. Regular Fun With Your Team: To spend other than work-related time with your teammates, you get a team activity budget for three quarters a year. The fourth quarter is reserved for a company-wide event. Individual Learning Budget: You get a yearly learning budget to use for courses and other relevant learning opportunities that help you develop your skills.

Responsibilities

This role involves owning and leading the end-to-end certification and integration processes with card schemes like Visa and Mastercard, acting as the primary Subject Matter Expert authority. The expert will collaborate closely with product, architecture, and scheme partners to define standards, drive requirements translation, and ensure platform robustness and compliance.