Solution Engineer II

GoCardless
Leeds, United Kingdom
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior technical professionals who thrive in a collaborative, client-facing environment and are experienced in payment integration and API-driven solutions.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with pre-sales or post-sales experience in payment integration and technical consulting
    — “Experience as a pre-sales or post-sales solution engineer”
  • Individuals who can translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
    — “Ability to articulate complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences”
  • Professionals with a background in building integrations with Payment-Service Providers
    — “Experience in building integrations with Payment-Service Providers”

Things to consider

  • Candidates should be prepared to engage in technical discovery and solution design for prospects
    — “Performing technical discovery and architecting solution designs for prospects”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in API integration and technical demo creation in your resume and interviews
    — “Presenting and crafting demos showcasing our product”
  • Emphasize your ability to work with API tools and debugging software
    — “Ability to work with API tools such as Postman and debugging/logging tools”
  • Showcase your ability to collaborate across teams and support client journeys
    — “Work closely with our product team on product improvements, new initiatives and feature requests”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • qualifying and shaping business opportunities
  • closing new business
  • supporting existing clients
  • improving product features
Typical background
solution engineeringpre-salespost-sales

Skills & requirements

Required

Pre-sales ExperiencePost-sales ExperienceTechnical DiscoverySolution DesignAPI ToolsProgramming SkillsTechnical GuidanceProduct ImprovementsFeature RequestsImplementation SupportCustomer Success

Preferred

Storytelling

Stack & domain

API ToolsPostmanDebugging/logging ToolsBuilding Integrations With Payment-service ProvidersProgramming Skills In At Least One Common Programming LanguageProblem SolvingLearningCuriosityConsultativeGrowth MindsetHelping ClientsStorytellingBank PaymentsDirect DebitReal-time PaymentsOpen BankingRecurring And One-off PaymentsAi-powered SolutionsConnections To Over 350 Platforms

About the role

Original posting from GoCardless via Greenhouse

About us

GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect, manage and send bank payments through Direct Debit, real-time payments and open banking. With US$130bn+ processed annually across 30+ countries, we handle recurring and one-off payments without the chasing, stress, or expensive fees. Our end-to-end payment platform also features AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud, alongside connections to over 350 platforms businesses use everyday.

We are headquartered in the UK, with teams and operations spanning North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  For more information, please visit www.gocardless.com and follow us on LinkedIn @GoCardless.

Mollie is the leading payments and financial services partner for business, rooted in Europe, with global reach.

The role

You will be joining our Solution Engineering team and will be the primary technical lead during engagements with our prospective and existing merchants. You will help qualify, shape, close and support new and existing business opportunities. You will provide technical guidance and oversight on our most exciting opportunities whilst working alongside our sales teams.

Your day-to-day will focus on:

Working with our sales team on new and existing opportunities

Presenting and crafting demos showcasing our product

Performing technical discovery and architecting solution designs for prospects

Work closely with our product team on product improvements, new initiatives and feature requests

Work alongside implementation managers and customer success teams to ensure a smooth journey for clients

What excites you 

You are a problem solver at heart

You have a love for learning and are curious by nature

You are consultative and love to get stuck into the detail

You have a growth mindset and are open to new lines of thought

You love to help clients accelerate their growth and build innovative experiences

What excites us  

Experience as a pre-sales or post-sales solution engineer

Ability to articulate complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences

Ability to work with API tools such as Postman and debugging/logging tools

Experience in building integrations with Payment-Service Providers

A deep understanding of how APIs function 

Programming skills in at least one common programming language

A compelling storyteller

Base salary range: £48,800 – £73,200 + 30% OTE.

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

(some of) The good stuff

Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover

Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period

Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle

Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure

Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget

Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)

Life at GoCardless  

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision. 

Diversity & Inclusion

As of April 2025, we had 806 employees (GeeCees) globally, with 524 based in the UK, 163 based in Latvia and 119 across our other offices.

To ensure that we're representative of the world around us - and to be able to review relevant benchmarks - we ask GeeCees to voluntarily disclose diversity data. This year, the proportion of GeeCees providing data increased to 88% (up from 79% in 2024). With regards to diversity within GoCardless, we can see GeeCees identifying as:

Asian, Black, Mixed or Other — 25% 

Neurodiverse — 9% 

LGBTQIA+ — 9% 

Disabled — 1% 

Average age — 33

Female — 45%

Male —  55% 

We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here

Sustainability

We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. Check out our sustainability action plan here.

Find out more about Life at GoCardless via Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. 

Source: GoCardless careers (Greenhouse)

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