George Wilson

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DISC Type : ci

Head of Engineering, Payments at Paddle

United Kingdom

Overview

George Wilson is an accomplished engineering leader with over 12 years of experience in scaling fintech and consumer products. As Head of Engineering at Paddle, he leads the organization responsible for payment systems. He holds a BSc from the University of Bristol and is a recognized speaker on building backend services with Go.

Outside of his primary role, George is passionate about exploring with his camera, working on his Raspberry Pi-powered smart clock, and watching Formula 1 racing.

He is a regular author on the Paddle Engineering blog, where he shares in-depth technical articles about payment systems, including unifying payment lifecycles and developing sophisticated rules engines.

Personality Overview

Assertive

Example Seeker

Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Topics They Care About

Payment Architecture
Writes and speaks extensively on building and optimizing payment systems, covering topics like routing engines, local acquiring, and unifying provider integrations at Paddle.
Go Programming Language
Featured speaker at Gophercon UK, where he presented on building Paddle's services with Go, showcasing his expertise and advocacy for the language in fintech.
Engineering Consistency
Advocates for engineering consistency as a catalyst for reducing complexity and improving quality, a principle he has implemented to scale teams and systems effectively at Paddle.

Media Appearances

Articles by George Wilson - Paddle. Featured in Paddle (Company Blog/Resources)

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Work History

1-2025
Head of Engineering, Payments at Paddle
4-2022 - 12-2024
Engineering Manager at Paddle
10-2020 - 3-2022
Engineering Manager at Cuvva
12-2018 - 10-2020
Senior Software Engineer + Team Lead at Cuvva
3-2017 - 9-2018
Tech Lead at Tallysticks

Education

2009 - 2012
BSc from University of Bristol
9-2004 - 7-2009
Education details unavailable from Bedales School

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Exp : 12 Location : United Kingdom Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Head of Engineering, Payments at Paddle
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Insights For Selling To George

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with George is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from George

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will George move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can George take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And George

Personality Compatibility


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