Head of Software Development

Who are we?
Cyris is a powerful next-gen payment processor which empowers financial institutions and fintech companies to issue and acquire card transactions through our direct integrations with leading payment networks like Visa, Mastercard, Amex and others.
Our best-in-class payment and transaction processing technology is the heart of our solution, working invisibly to authorize customers’ requests quickly and reconcile funds seamlessly with all ecosystem partners.
Sitting behind every transaction which customers make, Cyris conducts a series of nearly instantaneous checks and verifications to ensure secure, fast, accurate, resilient and PCI-compliant authorization and settlement processing.
Our partners simply interact with Cyris platform via powerful APIs that maximize their processing choices and reduce their workload, while transactions are authorized in real time.
Cyris offers card API-based card technology, in-house expertise and extensive integrations to grow and scale our partners programs.
Join us as a Head of Software Development if you want to be a part of this future and take the next step in your career:
This position is responsible for the delivery and successful implementation of Scheme related projects and sales support related programs.
Your challenges will be to:
• Leading a team of internal software developers and testers;
• Nurturing talent;
• Grow the internal software development function;
• Create, implement, and evolve an end-to-end software development process;
• Put in place robust software development and testing environment and practices;
• To drive consistent coding standards and approaches throughout the development team, always adhering to security and data protection standards;
• Line management responsibilities will include technical recruitment, appraisals, one-to-one meetings, identifying training needs, motivating and performance managing the team;
• Act as the Subject Matter expert on all Software Development and Testing.
You will fit best in the role if you have:
• Proven experience in a similar role such as a Lead Developer/Head of Software Development/Software Development Manager where you are responsible for delegation and ownership of projects and mentorship of others;
• A thorough understanding of Software Development and the SDLC;
• Experience of managing front end, back end, data engineering, QA and Platform software engineers;
• Excellent leadership, communication and management skills;
• Ability to create a positive and creative working culture;
• Senior stakeholder management skills;
• Proven experience authoring policies and coding best practice;
• Previous background working as a developer with Microsoft .NET (C#. .NET Core, T-SQL,);
• Excellent English language proficiency;
• Any of the following will be considered as advantage:
o 5+ years in similar role;
o A Project Management qualification (Agile/Waterfall/Scrum/PMP/PRINCE2);
o Experience of building a API based products;
o Experience in Banking, FinTech, Payment Processing;
o Experience with JIRA.
Here is what we’ve got to offer:
• A-class workplace in an open, friendly hi-tech environment
• The opportunity to work in a diverse and international team of professionals building together the future of Payment Solutions;
• Attractive and motivating salary;
• Promotions and a salary review based on performance;
• Full “Luxury” package health insurance including dental care and optical glasses;
• 160 lv. per month for lunch and snacks;
• Opportunity to refresh in our facilities, including fitness, bowling and relax areas.
• Exciting teambuilding events;
• Did we mention free coffee, food and drinks at the office?
Apply by sending us:
• CV in English.
We always properly take care of all applications, and you can be sure that the personal details of every single one of you will be treated with the utmost respect, confidentiality, and full compliance with the Personal Data Protection Law. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted, so keep it tight and fresh - good luck to all of you!