Co-Founder / CTO + Investment

Co-Founder / CTO (Fintech & Fraud Prevention Infrastructure)

SecurePay Shield

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Remote/Hybrid)

Full-time · Founding Team

About Secure Pay Shield

SecurePay Shield is a payments security infrastructure company dedicated to empowering India’s digital economy. It provides regulated institutions and large platforms with an API‑first, white‑label solution that embeds intelligent, risk‑based controls directly into transaction flows. By reducing fraud losses and improving operational efficiency, SecurePay Shield helps enterprise partners strengthen customer trust and enhance unit economics.​

The company operates with a compliance‑by‑design approach and is currently engaging selected design partners under NDA. Its go‑to‑market strategy follows a B2B2C model, working through banks, payment apps, and distribution partners, with a commercial structure based on per‑transaction fees and annual platform licensing. SecurePay Shield is at the pre‑MVP, pre‑seed stage and has early momentum through participation in RBI’s HaRBInger 2025 Global Fintech Hackathon and collaboration with the T‑Hub innovation ecosystem.

The Role

Co-Founder / CTO

Your Core Responsibilities:

1. Technical Architecture & Engineering Leadership

• Design and implement the

  real-time fraud detection engine

  (HaRBInger Engine) for sub-second transaction analysis
• Build secure, scalable backend infrastructure for UPI integrations, risk scoring APIs, and bank dashboards
• Lead a small engineering team (backend, ML, DevOps) from hiring to code reviews to production deployment
• Establish engineering culture, CI/CD pipelines, security protocols, and incident response frameworks

2. Bank Relationship Management

• Directly engage

  with SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis, and other banks for pilot partnerships
• Negotiate API access, sandbox environments, and commercial agreements
• Present technical architecture to bank CTOs/CISOs and win their trust for live transaction data access
• Manage integration timelines, compliance requirements, and post-launch support

3. Regulatory Navigation

• Work with

  NPCI, RBI, IFSCA

  to achieve regulatory sandbox approvals and compliance certifications
• Prepare documentation for data security, privacy (DPDP Act), and financial fraud prevention standards
• Ensure all architecture decisions meet RBI's Master Directions on fraud prevention and NPCI security guidelines
• Represent SecurePay Shield in regulatory meetings and hackathons

What You Bring

Must-Have:

• 12–18+ years

  of technology leadership in fintech, payments, core banking, or fraud/risk systems

• Ex-NPCI, ex-RBI, ex-bank (CTO/VP Engineering)

  or successful fintech founder with exit
• Proven track record of

  building and scaling transactional systems

  (UPI, cards, wallets, core banking)
• Strong

  banking relationship network

  – you know how to talk to bank CTOs and get pilots approved
• Deep understanding of

  regulatory landscape

  (RBI, NPCI, IFSCA) and compliance requirements
• Ready to

  co-invest ₹50L–2 Cr

  (personal capital or raised) – this signals commitment as a true co-founder
• Full-time founding team commitment (not advisory/part-time)

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with

  AI/ML in fraud detection

  (graph networks, anomaly detection, federated learning)
• Previous

  0→1 product build

  in a startup environment
• Active

  angel investor network

  in fintech/payments space

What You Get

• Co-Founder title + CTO role

  with

  35–40% equity

  (4-year vesting, 1-year cliff)
• Board seat and full operational control of technology, partnerships, and regulatory roadmap
• Direct access to

  NPCI sandbox and bank pilots

• Opportunity to build

  India's fraud-proof payment layer

  from scratch
• Salary post-funding + meaningful ESOP pool for future team

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Remote/Hybrid).

How to Apply

nageshnandala@gmail.com

Include:

• Brief note on why you're interested
• Your relevant experience (fintech/payments/regulatory)
• Investment capacity (₹50L–2 Cr)