Cross-border payments and collections platform for global businesses
WorldFirst operates a multi-currency payments and collections platform serving 1.5 million businesses across borders. The tech stack spans AWS, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and payment integrations (Alipay), built on PHP/Ruby/Python/Java—reflecting a mature, polyglot backend typical of financial infrastructure. Hiring is heavily skewed toward marketing (17 roles) and sales (11), with only 4 engineering openings, signaling a sales-led growth phase focused on channel partnerships and geographic expansion rather than platform engineering.
Notable leadership hires: Business Lead, Chief Compliance Officer, Marketing Lead, Head of Brand
WorldFirst is a London-based cross-border payments provider founded in 2004, holding the No. 1 market share position in third-party cross-border collections (per iResearch ranking). The company serves SMEs, e-commerce merchants, and digital platforms through a suite of products: World Account (multi-currency holdings), WorldTrade, World Card, World FX, and enterprise-grade AI-driven financial tools. Beyond transactional payments, WorldFirst offers marketplace payouts, supplier management, and FX risk solutions. Operations span 11 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East, with 1,001–5,000 employees.
AWS, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Java, Spring Boot, Python, Ruby, PHP, GCP, OCI, Apache Flink, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Alipay for payment processing.
Product marketing function buildout, regional strategy localization, new product launches, real-time treasury solutions, corporate custodial wallets, remittance business expansion, and channel partnership scaling.
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