About Unlimit
Unlimit is the global financial infrastructure for the borderless agentic economy. Designed to bridge the gap between fragmented local markets and the future of autonomous commerce, Unlimit provides the programmable operating layer for the world’s most ambitious businesses.
Through an integrated technology stack, the platform unifies global payment acceptance, programmable financial accounts, and digital asset rails into a singular financial layer. By mapping hyper-local payment ecosystems directly into its architecture, Unlimit enables businesses to move value and settle transactions instantly across continents.
Built on decades of hard-won regulatory depth and an extensive global license portfolio, the platform provides direct access to a massive global infrastructure. With major hubs in London, San Francisco, Singapore, São Paulo, and Mexico City, Unlimit is building the infrastructure that makes global expansion a matter of code, not geography.
About the role
own the SmartVista ecosystem end to end (FrontEnd and BackOffice), set the standards for how processing
is built, changed and operated, and lead the work of finding and closing gaps in our processes,
configuration and controls.
This is not a pure support or configuration role. We expect you to replace manual work with automation
and to put AI to practical use in processing operations: anomaly detection, intelligent alerting, automated
root-cause analysis and AI-assisted analysis of scheme specifications and transaction data.
The role combines card processing expertise + technical leadership + engineering (backend, scripting,
integrations) + automation and AI adoption.
What you will do
1. Technical leadership and platform ownership
• Own the end-to-end architecture of the processing ecosystem (SmartVista FrontEnd and BackOffice,
interfaces, HSM, scheme connectivity) and make architecture and technology-stack decisions
• Act as the technical lead and senior escalation point for processing engineers; set engineering
standards, review solutions
• Lead major incidents, coordinate the response with internal teams, the vendor and card schemes,
and drive post-incident reviews to permanent fixes
• Manage the relationship with the SmartVista vendor on releases, patches, defects and change
requests
2. Process ownership and gap remediation
• Map the current processing processes (authorisation, clearing, settlement, disputes, reconciliation,
reporting, release and change management, monitoring and on-call) and identify gaps, single points
of failure and manual workarounds
• Build and run a remediation plan: define owners, deadlines and measurable outcomes, and follow
through to closure
• Introduce and maintain operational standards: runbooks, release and change procedures, incident
and problem management, SLAs and KPIs (e.g. availability, approval rate, incident resolution time)
• Make sure scheme mandates and regulatory changes are tracked, assessed and implemented on
time, and that the evidence of compliance is documented
3. Processing development and scheme compliance
• Deliver the technical implementation of new card products and services (acquiring and issuing) for
Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay, American Express and other schemes
• Translate scheme mandates and specifications into technical solutions, and lead certification projects
with the schemes
• Configure and develop SmartVista FrontEnd and BackOffice products, services and business rules
• Prepare technical requirements for system upgrades; test and install releases and patches with
minimal downtime
• Diagnose complex issues across authorisation, clearing and settlement flows and drive them to root
cause
• Set up and maintain payment system emulators and test environments; take part in go-live and pilot
activities
• Maintain clear technical documentation of the platform and implementation procedures
4. Monitoring and observability: design, development and implementation
• Design and build an end-to-end monitoring framework for the processing platform, covering
infrastructure, applications, interfaces and business metrics
• Develop and implement real-time monitoring of:
– authorisation flows: approval and decline rates by scheme, BIN, issuer country, merchant, MCC
and response code
– response times, timeouts and stand-in processing
– scheme, issuer and HSM connectivity and host availability
– transaction volumes and abnormal spikes or drops
• Develop and implement monitoring of back-office processes:
– clearing file generation, submission and acknowledgement (Visa, Mastercard and other
schemes)
– incoming scheme files and reports, settlement positions and reconciliation breaks
– end-of-day and batch jobs, interchange and fee calculation, chargeback and dispute deadlines
• Monitor scheme compliance indicators (e.g. decline-code usage, data-integrity edits, excessive
retries, fraud and dispute ratios) to catch issues before they become scheme non-compliance or fines
• Define thresholds, alerting rules and escalation paths; integrate alerts with on-call, incident
management and messaging tools
• Build operational dashboards for engineering, operations and management, and define the related
KPIs and SLAs
• Develop health checks, synthetic test transactions and log-based monitoring for SmartVista
components
• Continuously tune monitoring to reduce false alerts, and turn incident findings into new checks and
controls
5. Automation and AI
• Identify manual and repetitive processes and automate them, including:
– reconciliation and settlement
– scheme file exchange and report submission
– testing, regression and release management
– monitoring and alerting
• Build CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment for processing components and configuration
• Design and deliver AI-driven solutions for processing operations, for example:
– anomaly detection on transaction flows, decline patterns and fraud signals
– intelligent alerting that reduces noise and escalates what matters
– automated root-cause analysis of declines and incidents
– AI assistants or agents that analyse scheme specifications, mandates and authorisation
messages and flag deviations
• Introduce test automation and regression frameworks for scheme messages and processing flows
• Promote the safe use of AI tools across the team, with appropriate controls for data security, PCI DSS
and human oversight of changes to production
What you bring
authorisation, clearing, settlement, chargebacks and reconciliation
• At least 2 years in a senior, lead or architect role, with a track record of owning a processing
platform and leading engineers, directly or as a technical lead
• Strong practical experience with SmartVista (FrontEnd and/or BackOffice); deep experience with a
comparable platform (e.g. Way4, TranzWare) may be considered
• Proven experience of improving processes: finding operational gaps, designing controls and
delivering a remediation plan to completion
• Certification experience with Visa and Mastercard and the ability to read and apply scheme
specifications and rules (ISO 8583, Visa Base I/II, Mastercard IPM/CIS)
• Hands-on automation skills: Python, SQL/PL/SQL, Bash; experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab CI,
Jenkins), test automation and API testing (e.g. Postman)
• Practical experience applying AI or ML in production work, such as anomaly detection, LLM-based
tools or agents, or AI-assisted analysis and coding, and a clear view of their limits and risks
• Working knowledge of Oracle DB, WebLogic, Linux, REST/SOAP web services and HTTP
• Experience with scheme tools: Visa Edit Package, VCX, Mastercard File Express (MFE) and scheme
test tools and emulators (e.g. Mastercard MAX, Visa test systems)
• Good understanding of e-commerce and digital payments: EMV 3-D Secure, tokenisation
(VTS/MDES), Apple Pay / Google Pay, recurring payments, AVS
• Knowledge of card technologies and security: EMV, contactless, HSM (Thales), key management, PCI
DSS
• Experience with release and change management in a 24/7 production environment
• Fluent English (B2+) for daily communication with card schemes, vendors and international teams
What we offer
stability and time to market
• The mandate and support to modernise processing with automation and AI
• Competitive salary and performance-based rewards
• Paid vacation, sick leave and public holidays
• Flexible working hours and modern equipment
• An international team of payments professionals in a fast-growing fintech
Skills Required
- 6+ years of hands-on card processing experience covering authorization, clearing, settlement, chargebacks, and reconciliation
- At least 2 years in a senior, lead, or architect role owning a processing platform and leading engineers
- Strong practical SmartVista FrontEnd and/or BackOffice experience, or deep experience with a comparable platform such as Way4 or TranzWare
- Experience identifying operational gaps, designing controls, and delivering remediation plans
- Visa and Mastercard certification experience and ability to apply scheme specifications and rules
- Knowledge of ISO 8583, Visa Base I/II, and Mastercard IPM/CIS
- Hands-on Python, SQL/PL/SQL, and Bash automation skills
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or Jenkins, test automation, and API testing tools such as Postman
- Production experience applying AI or ML, including anomaly detection, LLM tools, agents, or AI-assisted analysis and coding
- Working knowledge of Oracle DB, WebLogic, Linux, REST/SOAP web services, and HTTP
- Experience with Visa Edit Package, VCX, Mastercard File Express, Mastercard MAX, and scheme test systems or emulators
- Understanding of e-commerce and digital payments, including EMV 3-D Secure, tokenization, Apple Pay, Google Pay, recurring payments, and AVS
- Knowledge of EMV, contactless payments, Thales HSM, key management, and PCI DSS
- Experience with release and change management in a 24/7 production environment
- Fluent English at B2 level or higher
What We Do
From London to Singapore and from San Francisco to São Paulo, we help businesses enter new markets, explore new industries, and reach new milestones. We are driven by a deep-seated determination to be the best possible partner for our customers – giving you the support you need to capitalize on a world that’s changing at breakneck speed. Our mission is to provide innovators with a convenient and simple financial interface that enables payments to flow freely and invisibly across borders. We offer a wide range of services, including payment gateway, card acquiring, business accounts, card issuing, alternative payment methods, and more. That’s the reason why we are called Unlimit: we provide unlimited growth opportunities for our customers, freeing them from the payment constraints. Unlimit - Borderless Payments
