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George Wilson

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Head of Engineering, Payments at Paddle
📍 United Kingdom

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.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering, Payments
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
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Priorities

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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.
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Career

Work history

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

Articles by George Wilson - Paddle. Featured in Paddle (Company Blog/Resources)
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Education
2009 - 2012
BSc
University of Bristol
9-2004 - 7-2009
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Bedales School
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