Financial Services Technology
Payments Technology Specialist Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next Payments Technology Specialist opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects Payments Technology Specialists with banks, FinTech businesses, payment providers and financial institutions developing and modernising complex payment platforms across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Payments Technology, Open Banking, ISO 20022, SWIFT, payment gateways, cards or payment platform integration, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current Payments Technology Specialist Jobs
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What Does a Payments Technology Specialist Do?
Payments Technology Specialists provide technical and domain expertise across the systems, platforms and integrations used to process financial transactions.
The role can involve payment gateways, card platforms, bank payment schemes, APIs, settlement processes and financial messaging standards, helping organisations build secure, resilient and compliant payment services.
Payments Technology Specialists often work alongside Payments Engineers, FinTech Engineers, Business Analysts, architects, product teams and external payment providers to support new payment capabilities, platform migrations and regulatory change.
Payments Technology Specialist Skills & Experience
The exact requirements vary between organisations and payment environments, but Payments Technology Specialist roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Payments Technology
- Banking Technology
- Payment Platforms
- Payment Gateways
- Cards & Payment Platforms
- Open Banking
- ISO 20022
- SWIFT
- Faster Payments
- CHAPS
- BACS
- SEPA
- Payment APIs
- Systems Integration
- Digital Banking
- FinTech
- PCI DSS
- Payment Security
- Settlement and Reconciliation
- Regulatory Change
- Operational Resilience
- Financial Services Technology
Payments Technology Specialists may focus on card payments, account-to-account payments, payment schemes, gateways, merchant acquiring or wider banking infrastructure depending on the organisation.
Strong payments domain knowledge is particularly important alongside the ability to understand technical architecture, integrations, transaction flows, security requirements and regulatory obligations.
Typical Payments Technology Specialist Responsibilities
- Providing subject matter expertise across payment technologies and platforms
- Supporting the design and implementation of payment solutions
- Analysing end-to-end payment flows and system integrations
- Supporting payment gateways, card platforms and banking payment schemes
- Defining technical and functional requirements for payment initiatives
- Working with APIs, messaging standards and integration architectures
- Supporting ISO 20022 and wider payment messaging change
- Helping maintain PCI DSS and payment security requirements
- Investigating payment processing, settlement and reconciliation issues
- Supporting payment platform migrations and modernisation programmes
- Working with engineering, architecture, product and compliance teams
- Supporting regulatory and operational resilience requirements across payment services
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation and whether the role focuses on payment schemes, cards, gateways, Open Banking, digital banking, merchant acquiring or wider payments transformation.
Payments Technology Specialist Salary Expectations
Payments Technology Specialist salaries vary according to experience, location, payments domain, technical responsibility and the complexity of the platforms being supported.
Permanent Payments Technology Specialist
Around £80,000 per year
Current UK specialist payments technology benchmark
Contract Payments Technology Specialist
Around £500 per day
Related UK payment technology contract benchmark
Senior Payments Technology Specialists with deep expertise in payment schemes, ISO 20022, card infrastructure, Open Banking or large-scale banking transformation may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide. Exact-title national salary data is limited, so the figures use closely related current payments systems and payment technology market benchmarks.
Payments Technology Specialist Career Progression
Payments Technology expertise can lead into senior specialist, architecture, engineering and wider financial services technology leadership positions.
Typical Payments Technology Specialist Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
Payments Technology Specialists may also progress into roles such as:
- Payments Engineer
- Payments Architect
- FinTech Engineer
- Technical Business Analyst
- Payments Programme Lead
- Head of Payments Technology
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your payments expertise, move towards engineering or architecture or take responsibility for wider payment platforms and transformation programmes.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next Payments Technology Specialist Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the payment platforms, schemes and technologies you’ve worked with and the type of financial services technology opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
Financial Services Technology Recruitment
Payments Technology forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider Financial Services Technology recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with specialists across banking, payments, FinTech, RegTech, trading technology and digital transformation.
Hiring?
Recruiting Payments Technology Specialists?
HOK Consulting supports banks, FinTech businesses, payment providers and financial institutions looking for experienced Payments Technology Specialists across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re modernising payment infrastructure, implementing new payment schemes, improving card platforms, supporting Open Banking or delivering a major payments transformation, speak to HOK about your requirements.