Summary
Ieuan Rowlands is a Director of Engineering based in the UK with eight years of hands-on experience building and leading payments and fintech engineering teams. Currently leading Currencycloud (VXBS) Payments engineering at Visa, he has progressed through technical and managerial roles where he focused on delivery, architecture, and cross-functional alignment. His background spans full-stack development, legacy modernization, and technical program leadership, having driven cloud migrations, branching strategy changes, and mentoring graduate engineers. At Thesis he combined technical ownership with product-level guidance, helping shape R&D cadence and engineering direction across teams. Known for translating complex payments domain requirements into pragmatic engineering solutions, he balances strategic oversight with a willingness to dive into key modules when needed. Based on a Computer Science degree from the University of South Wales, he brings a practical, delivery-first mindset to scaling reliable payment platforms.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science BSc Software Development, Computer Science BSc Software Development at University of South Wales
English, Welsh