Ekaterina Yachmeneva

Location: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
Employment: Full-time
Compensation: €5,000–8,000 gross / month

We’re partnering with a fast-growing electronic money institution that builds high-performance payment infrastructure for global e-commerce and complex, regulated industries — covering everything from business accounts and payment operations to integrated infrastructure and merchant acquiring solutions. They’re looking for a Senior PM to own the build-out of their acquiring ecosystem — payment gateway infrastructure, card scheme integrations, merchant onboarding, and end-to-end transaction experience. You’ll sit close to leadership, shape real product decisions, and move at pace.

What You’ll Do

• Define the acquiring roadmap and own prioritisation calls — build vs. integrate
• Lead initiatives end-to-end, from discovery through launch and iteration
• Own the full transaction lifecycle: authorisation, clearing, settlement, chargebacks
• Work directly with Visa and Mastercard on mandates, rule changes, and compliance
• Drive wallet integrations (Apple Pay, Google Pay) and payment gateway infrastructure
• Design and iterate on merchant onboarding, payment flows, and transaction journeys
• Define KPIs across performance, reliability, and commercial outcomes
• Act as the bridge between business, engineering, compliance, and external partners

What we’re looking for

• 4–6+ years in product management within payments, acquiring, or fintech
• Solid grasp of the full acquiring lifecycle and card scheme operations
• Experience in regulated, fast-moving environments
• Strong analytical mindset — you make good calls with imperfect data
• Clear communicator with an ownership mentality and bias for action
• Adaptable, energetic, and genuinely good to work with — we take the work seriously, not ourselves

Why Join?

• Competitive salary: €5,000–8,000 gross / month
• Hybrid work with remote flexibility after probation
• Regular travel to our Vilnius HQ to connect with the team
• Health insurance
• Gym membership
• Education budget for courses, certifications, and conferences
• A flat structure, fast decision-making, and a team that’s actually great to work with

Interested? Let’s talk. Reach out and we’ll share more about the company, the setup, and next steps.

Location: Riga, Latvia (hybrid)
Product: B2B Payments / EMI (pre-licensing stage)
Focus: Regulatory, EMI licensing, corporate & commercial law
Compensation: €3,500 gross/month (part-time, pre-licensing stage)
€5,000–6,000 gross/month (full-time, post-licensing)

We’re supporting a fast-growing fintech company in Latvia that is currently in the process of obtaining an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license.

This is a key legal hire at a critical stage of the business. You will take ownership of the legal function from early setup through to scaling – working closely with leadership, compliance, and operations teams to build a robust legal and regulatory framework.

The role is hands-on and high-impact, with a clear path to evolve into a Head of Legal position as the company grows. 

The environment is entrepreneurial, international, and execution-focused – ideal for someone who enjoys building structure from scratch while being close to business decision-making.

What You’ll Do

Legal Ownership & Regulatory

• Take full ownership of legal matters related to EMI licensing and ongoing regulatory compliance
• Ensure alignment with EU regulatory frameworks (PSD2, AML, data protection)
• Act as a key legal advisor to senior management on regulatory and operational topics

Contracts & Documentation

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements (partnerships, vendors, customers, internal agreements)
• Develop and standardise legal documentation across the business

Governance & Structure

• Establish internal legal policies, procedures, and governance frameworks
• Support corporate structuring and internal decision-making processes
• Identify legal risks and implement mitigation strategies

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Compliance, Risk, and Operations on licensing, audits, and daily activities
• Manage external legal counsel and communication with regulatory authorities

What You Bring

• 3+ years of legal experience, ideally in fintech, financial services, or regulated environments
• Strong understanding of EU regulatory frameworks (EMI, PSD2, AML, financial compliance)
• Proven experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
• Experience with licensing processes or regulator interaction – a strong advantage
• Qualified lawyer (EU qualification preferred)
• Fluency in English and Latvian, Russian is a plus
• Ability to translate legal complexity into practical business advice
• Hands-on, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Why Join?

• Opportunity to build and lead the legal function from scratch
• Direct involvement in an EMI licensing journey
• High ownership and visibility at leadership level
• International, collaborative team environment
• Hybrid working model with flexibility
• Clear progression into a Head of Legal role

Interested? Let’s talk. Reach out and we’ll share more about the company, the setup, and next steps.

Location: Jurmala, Latvia (office-based, full-time onsite)
Projects: UAE, India, Italy
Language: English (must)
Focus: Technical Design, Drawings, BIM Modeling

We are supporting an international luxury real estate developer in building a strong in-house technical design capability in Latvia.
This role is not a classic Interior Designer position. We are looking for a CAD / BIM-focused Architect / Design Engineer – someone who enjoys working with drawings, technical detail, and structured project delivery within high-end, complex architectural environments.
You will be responsible for translating design concepts into precise, production-ready drawings and BIM models, supporting the delivery of ultra-premium real estate projects across international markets.

What You’ll Do

Technical Design & Drawings

• Develop detailed architectural and interior drawings in AutoCAD (DWG)
• Translate concept designs into accurate, build-ready technical documentation
• Produce layouts, sections, details, and technical packages for execution

BIM Modeling & Coordination

• Build and maintain BIM models (Revit / ArchiCAD)
• Ensure consistency between drawings, models, and specifications
• Identify and resolve design clashes in collaboration with architects and engineers

Project Delivery & Structure

• Work within a corporate, deadline-driven environment with multiple parallel projects
• Collaborate with project managers, architects, and external stakeholders
• Support design coordination across international teams (UAE / India / Europe)

Design Support

• Contribute to mood boards and material selections 
• Assist in aligning technical solutions with design intent and brand standards

What You Bring

• Architectural education (required)
• Strong experience in technical design, drafting, and project documentation
• Advanced proficiency in:
  • AutoCAD (DWG) – must-have
  • BIM tools (Revit / ArchiCAD) – must-have
• Solid understanding of BIM workflows and model-based coordination
• Fluent English (working language in international projects)
• Experience working in a structured, deadline-driven environment
• Detail-oriented, precise, and comfortable with high responsibility and ownership
• Demonstrated stability (ideally long tenure within one company / studio)
• Engineering mindset – strong technical focus over pure creativity
• Strong sense of design, with a clear focus on execution and accuracy
• Comfort operating in a corporate setup with clear hierarchy and processes
• Ability or willingness to lead a small team (1-2 people) over time

Why Join

• Work on ultra-luxury international projects
• Be part of a structured, high-performance environment
• Strong long-term collaboration potential
• Opportunity to grow into team leadership / local representation

Interested? Let’s talk. Reach out and we’ll share more about the company, the setup, and next steps.

Location: Riga, Latvia
Product: Payments / Acquiring (EMI journey, new company & product)
Employment: Full-time
Compensation: €5,000 – €6,000 net/month depending on experience

We are supporting a newly established fintech company in Latvia in hiring a Solution Architect to design the technical foundation of a new acquiring-focused payments platform.

The product will combine EMI capabilities, card acquiring, payment processing, and a merchant payment gateway. This role sits at the core of the platform architecture, translating business and regulatory requirements into scalable solutions for card processing, scheme integrations, and merchant payment flows.

We are looking for someone with hands-on experience building acquiring systems and working with Visa and Mastercard ecosystems, who understands the full card transaction lifecycle and can help design production-grade payment infrastructure from the ground up.

What You’ll Do

Acquiring Architecture & Platform Design

• Design the end-to-end architecture for the acquiring platform, covering the full transaction lifecycle including authorization, clearing, settlement, refunds, chargebacks, and reconciliation.
• Define the architecture of the payment gateway and processing infrastructure, including transaction routing, reliability mechanisms (failover, retries, idempotency), and scalable data models for financial and transactional systems.
• Ensure the platform is built for high availability, scalability, and low latency, while maintaining clear architecture documentation and technical standards supporting engineering delivery and compliance requirements.

Card Scheme & Partner Integrations

• Design and oversee integrations with card schemes (Visa, Mastercard), ensuring reliable authorization, clearing, reporting, and dispute management across the transaction lifecycle.
• Architect integrations with PSPs, processors, fraud tools, KYC/AML providers, and other external services, defining scalable connectivity and vendor integration approaches.
• Define API architecture and messaging flows for internal services and merchant-facing payment gateway integrations, ensuring scheme compliance and operational reliability.

Technical Governance & Security

• Establish and enforce engineering and architecture standards across the platform, including API design, logging, data validation, and service boundaries.
• Lead architecture reviews for new features, integrations, and infrastructure changes, ensuring technical quality and alignment before engineering delivery.
• Ensure security-by-design and regulatory readiness, including encryption, tokenisation, access controls, and architecture documentation supporting PCI-DSS and EMI licensing requirements.

Platform Reliability & Operational Design

• Design the platform for high operational resilience, including redundancy, failover strategies, and disaster recovery across critical payment flows.
• Define observability and monitoring architecture, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting for reliable system performance.
• Establish SLA/SLO frameworks and operational readiness standards, supporting incident management processes and platform reliability.

Engineering Collaboration

• Work closely with the CTO and engineering team to translate product and business requirements into scalable, delivery-ready technical solutions.
• Lead architecture discussions, design reviews, and solution design sessions to guide implementation and maintain architectural integrity.
• Identify and manage technical risks and integration complexity, supporting vendor selection, proof-of-concepts, and partner integrations.

Technology Stack

• Backend: PHP, Go
• APIs: Node.js (TypeScript), REST, gRPC
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS / Aurora
• Messaging: Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Sentry

What You Bring

• Proven experience designing or building eCommerce acquiring systems
• Hands-on experience with Visa and Mastercard scheme integrations
• Strong understanding of the card transaction lifecycle (authorization, clearing, settlement, disputes)
• Experience working with acquiring platforms, payment gateways, PSPs, or payment processors
• Solid understanding of PCI-DSS requirements and cardholder data environments
• Experience designing cloud-native architectures on AWS and building robust API and integration architectures

Why Join?

• Opportunity to build an acquiring platform from the ground up
• Key technical leadership role with direct impact on product architecture
• Work closely with leadership, product, and engineering teams
• Build infrastructure designed for global payments scalability

Interested? Let’s talk. Reach out and we’ll share more about the company, the setup, and next steps.

Location: Riga, Latvia (hybrid available after probation period)
Employment: Full-time
Compensation: Starting from €2,500 net/month (depending on input) + %

We are supporting a growing payments & fintech company in hiring a Partners Account Manager to manage and develop relationships with external partners across the payment ecosystem.

This role sits at the intersection of operations, compliance, finance, and business development. The successful candidate will take ownership of the full partner lifecycle – from onboarding and documentation to operational coordination, revenue growth, and long-term partnership development.

In addition to managing existing partners, this role will also contribute to business development activities, helping expand the partner network and identify new commercial opportunities.

Over time, the position is expected to evolve into a leadership role, with responsibility for building and leading a small team of partner managers as the company scales.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships, structuring processes, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and contributing to business growth in a fast-moving fintech environment.

What you’ll do

Partner onboarding & lifecycle management

• Coordinate partner onboarding processes from initial pre-checks through documentation and operational setup
• Support preparation and collection of commercial, legal, and compliance documentation
• Coordinate onboarding steps across legal, compliance, finance, and technical teams
• Ensure smooth partner integration and operational readiness

Partner relationship management

• Act as the primary operational contact for partners
• Manage partner requests, operational changes, and ongoing communication
• Build and maintain long-term, trust-based relationships
• Ensure partners receive consistent and coordinated support across internal teams

Sales & business development

• Identify and develop new partnership opportunities
• Support expansion of the company’s partner network
• Participate in commercial discussions and partnership negotiations
• Work with internal teams to structure commercial models and partnership setups
• Contribute to revenue growth through partner relationships

Cross-team coordination

• Work closely with compliance, finance, product, and technical teams
• Ensure partner onboarding and operational processes are efficient and compliant
• Maintain a clear and structured partner experience across departments

Monitoring & reporting

• Track partner performance metrics and operational indicators
• Support preparation of internal reports and analysis
• Identify trends, potential issues, and improvement opportunities in partner operations

Future team leadership

• Contribute to the development of partner management processes
• Support the scaling of the partner operations function
• Over time, lead and mentor a team of partner managers (expected team size: ~3 people)

What You Bring

• Experience working with partners, merchants, or clients in fintech, banking, or payments
• Experience or strong interest in sales, partnerships, or business development
• Understanding of partner onboarding, legal structures, and compliance documentation
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple processes and stakeholders simultaneously
• Leadership mindset with readiness to take ownership and grow into a team lead role
• Comfortable working in international business environments
• Fluent English, Russian – strong advantage (frequently used in partner communication)

Nice to have

• Experience working with EMI, PSP, or crypto-related setups
• Ability to review legal documentation or understand commercial agreements
• Experience coordinating technical integrations or operational go-live processes
• Experience in payments partnerships or fintech business development
• Proactive and independent working style

Why Join?

• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing fintech environment
• A role with real ownership and cross-functional exposure
• Direct involvement in building and scaling partner operations
• A clear growth path into a leadership role
• Collaboration with business, compliance, product, and technical teams
• A flexible and trust-based working culture

Interested? Let’s talk. Reach out and we’ll share more about the company, the setup, and next steps.