Fullstack Lead (Laravel & Node.js)
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About the Role
NEXT Ventures is hiring a Fullstack Lead to design and deliver global payment infrastructure across FundedNext, FNmarkets, and FNPay. The role requires expertise in PHP/Laravel, Node.
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Responsibilities
- Own the full payment journey across FundedNext, FNmarkets, and FNPay, ensuring seamless checkout, fund receipt, and settlement
- Manage multi PSP integrations (Payprocc, Confirmo, BinancePay, PayPal) with redundancy and intelligent routing for cost, speed, and success rate
- Drive conversion optimization through tokenization, streamlined checkout flows, and reduced activation delays
- Lead integrations for card, bank, and crypto payouts, enabling seamless trader reinvestment across platforms
- Build settlement and reconciliation engines with automated discrepancy detection and complete audit trails
- Integrate Oracle NetSuite ERP for financial reconciliation, revenue recognition, and operational accounting
- Deliver FNPay wallet features including deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and real time transaction tracking
- Architect card issuance systems with lifecycle management and 99%+ transaction success rates
- Own crypto payment infrastructure, integrating blockchain networks and managing secure wallet systems
- Lead multiple engineering squads, setting technical direction, mentoring, and ensuring delivery consistency
- Own the payment domain roadmap, prioritizing projects by revenue impact, efficiency, and strategic value
Requirements
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or related field
- 7+ years in software engineering with 3+ in payment/fintech leadership
- Expert in PHP/Laravel for high reliability backend services
- Strong proficiency in Node.js (event driven processing) and Next.js (dashboards and checkout flows)
- Proven experience with PSP integrations (3–4 providers across card, bank, crypto) and payout systems (card, bank, crypto), including PCI DSS compliance
- Skilled in settlement/reconciliation systems and ERP integration (Oracle NetSuite or similar)
- Strong database architecture for financial ledgers and high throughput event logging
- Working knowledge of Web3/crypto payments and wallet/card issuance products
- Mandatory AI Native Engineering: daily use of agentic AI workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) for coding, review, and task delegation
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Who We Are
- NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and movement becomes momentum. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise.
- Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.
Your Role in Our Mission
- You will lead the design and delivery of NEXT Ventures’ global payment infrastructure across FundedNext, FNmarkets, and FNPay.
- You will own the end to end payment journey, from checkout to settlement, while driving payout systems, wallet and card products, and crypto payment solutions that enable seamless trader experiences.
- By guiding multiple engineering squads and embedding AI native workflows, you will accelerate delivery, reduce friction, and ensure compliance across all payment flows.
- Your leadership will transform payments into a growth engine, positioning NEXT Ventures as a trusted innovator in fintech and trading worldwide.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Own the full payment journey across FundedNext, FNmarkets, and FNPay, ensuring seamless checkout, fund receipt, and settlement.
- Manage multi PSP integrations (Payprocc, Confirmo, BinancePay, PayPal) with redundancy and intelligent routing for cost, speed, and success rate.
- Drive conversion optimization through tokenization, streamlined checkout flows, and reduced activation delays.
- Lead integrations for card, bank, and crypto payouts, enabling seamless trader reinvestment across platforms.
- Build settlement and reconciliation engines with automated discrepancy detection and complete audit trails.
- Integrate Oracle NetSuite ERP for financial reconciliation, revenue recognition, and operational accounting.
- Deliver FNPay wallet features including deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and real time transaction tracking.
- Architect card issuance systems with lifecycle management and 99%+ transaction success rates.
- Own crypto payment infrastructure, integrating blockchain networks and managing secure wallet systems.
- Lead multiple engineering squads, setting technical direction, mentoring, and ensuring delivery consistency.
- Own the payment domain roadmap, prioritizing projects by revenue impact, efficiency, and strategic value.
Qualifications & Expertise
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science or related field; 7+ years in software engineering with 3+ in payment/fintech leadership.
- Expertise in PHP/Laravel, Node.js, Next.js, PSP integrations, payout systems, reconciliation engines, and ERP integration.
- Strong knowledge of Web3, wallet/card issuance, database architecture, and stakeholder management; fintech/trading experience preferred.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, with 7+ years in software engineering and at least 3 years in technical leadership for payment/fintech infrastructure.
- Expert in PHP/Laravel for high reliability backend services, plus strong proficiency in Node.js (event driven processing) and Next.js (dashboards and checkout flows).
- Proven experience with PSP integrations (3–4 providers across card, bank, crypto) and payout systems (card, bank, crypto), including PCI DSS compliance and automation improvements.
- Skilled in settlement/reconciliation systems and ERP integration (Oracle NetSuite or similar), with strong database architecture for financial ledgers and high throughput event logging.
- Working knowledge of Web3/crypto payments and wallet/card issuance products, ensuring compliance, scalability, and adoption metrics.
- Mandatory AI Native Engineering: daily use of agentic AI workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) for coding, review, and task delegation, achieving 5–10x productivity.
Your X Factor
- Strategic Payment Visionary – Able to architect resilient, multi PSP infrastructures and embed compliance, optimization, and innovation into every payment flow.
- Business Growth Enabler – Translates complex payment systems into measurable outcomes, driving conversion, automation, and adoption across FNmarkets, FNPay, and FundedNext.
- AI Native Leader – Harnesses advanced AI workflows to accelerate engineering productivity, positioning NEXT Ventures at the forefront of fintech and trading technology.
Your Journey after Applying
- 30 minute HR interview with the Talent Acquisition team member
- Assessment stage
- 45 minute Problem Solving Interview (with talent acquisition team & department front line manager)
- 60 minute Bar Raiser Interview (with head of department & talent acquisition lead)
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