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Flywire Tech Stack

Global payments platform for education, healthcare, and B2B receivables

Software Development Boston, MA 1,001–5,000 employees Public Company

Flywire is a public payments company (NASDAQ: FLYW) operating a network that processes complex, high-value transactions across education, healthcare, travel, and B2B. The stack spans Ruby, Python, Go, React, and a modern data layer (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, dbt), paired with vertical-specific A/R software that embeds into ERP systems like NetSuite and SAP. Active hiring across sales, engineering, and finance—with leadership gaps in risk and accounting operations—signals scaling of both platform infrastructure and compliance rigor, aligned with projects around payment engine performance, SOX governance, and eSignature adoption.

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What Flywire Is Building

Challenges

  • High-stakes high-value payments
  • Maintaining sox compliance program
  • Scaling platform
  • Generating pipeline
  • Improving performance and scalability of payment processing
  • Scalability of product
  • Complex payments in education
  • Execution governance gaps
  • Accurate and timely data entry
  • Increasing revenue through upsell

Active Projects

  • Automation initiatives
  • Payment engine platform
  • Execution excellence & governance
  • Developing standard methodologies for client onboarding
  • 2026 flywire sertifi integration project
  • Customer upgrade projects to the combined system
  • Higher education growth strategy in québec and atlantic canada
  • Global credit risk framework
  • Real-time account monitoring
  • Digital campaigns

Hiring Activity

Accelerating100 roles · 55 in 30d

Department

Sales
24
Engineering
17
Finance
17
Support
15
Ops
7
HR
4
Marketing
4
Data
3

Seniority

Senior
39
Mid
23
Junior
16
Manager
12
Director
7
Lead
1
VP
1

Notable leadership hires: Director Accounting Operations, Head of Risk

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About Flywire

Flywire processes high-stakes international receivables for more than 4,900 clients across 140+ currencies in 240 countries and territories. The business centers on three verticals (education, healthcare, travel) plus key B2B segments, where Flywire embeds payments and billing software directly into client workflows. The company operates a proprietary global payments network alongside a next-generation platform designed to handle the operational complexity of international, multi-currency transactions. Current focus includes scaling payment engine performance, strengthening SOX compliance infrastructure, and expanding higher education penetration in North America.

HeadquartersBoston, MA
Company Size1,001–5,000 employees
Hiring MarketsMexico, United Kingdom, Spain, Romania, United States, Japan, India, Canada

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Flywire use?

Flywire runs on Ruby, Python, Go, and React for application layer; Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, and Redshift for analytics and data warehousing; and integrates with Salesforce, NetSuite, SAP, and Datadog for operations and monitoring.

How many clients does Flywire serve?

Flywire supports more than 4,900 clients globally, processing payments across 240 countries and territories in over 140 currencies.

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