Senior Backend Engineer US Fintech

Senior Backend Engineer

Why you should apply:

• Join a high-caliber, Silicon Valley-style engineering team in the technological epicenter of Kuala Lumpur, disrupting traditional finance global markets.
• Own the high-velocity embedded marketplace layer powering global partner insurance and commissions.
• Seamlessly transition between management and elite Staff/Principal Individual Contributor (IC) career tracks as you grow.
• Thrive in an environment built on innovation, experimentation, rapid growth, and healthy debate.

What you will do:

• Architect, refine, and deploy high-performance microservices and RESTful APIs that power consumer financial products globally.
• Build and scale complex software solutions tailored for high-concurrency production environments and fintech regulations.
• Design and implement scalable backend systems to support millions of active users.
• Manage partner API traffic and technical integrations for insurance and commission-based pipelines.
• Refine system performance through deep platform instrumentation and advanced telemetry monitoring.
• Maintain elite quality standards through automated CI/CD validation, comprehensive testing, and rigorous code reviews.
• Partner closely with cross-functional product managers and designers to execute rapid feature delivery and align technical solutions with global business objectives.

Experience you need:

• Backend Mastery: Deep expertise and mastery of Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem within microservices and cloud-native environments.
• Proven Track Record: Minimum 5 to 6 years of deep, high-velocity product engineering experience, specifically building high-concurrency software.
• Architectural Reasoning: Proven ability to justify technical trade-offs regarding database selections and architecture design.
• Education: A Degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputable or Tier 1 institution.

Nice to have / Bonus:

• Hands-on experience with Kotlin and modern Java versions (JDK 11 to 21).
• Expertise in Spring Boot 3.X, Kafka event-driven pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Experience with cloud-native AWS stacks.

About you:

• You are a visionary engineer with an "AI as a teammate" mindset to accelerate result delivery.
• An assertive communicator possessing uncapped product ownership DNA and strong architectural reasoning skills.
• An ambitious professional seeking true architectural freedom within a hyper-growth global Fintech disruptor.

Work Arrangement & Benefits:

• Hybrid flexibility at our Kuala Lumpur hub.
• Core Benefits: Comprehensive medical coverage and lucrative equity grants / sign-on RSU packages.