Lead Engineer
Permanent | Singapore
Our client is one of the Asia's fastest-growing FinTech firms specialising in the private investments and alternative lending space in Apac regions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Drive the development and maintenance of cloud-native platforms, overseeing the end-to-end
software development lifecycle, with a close eye on technical architecture, code maturity,
performance, resilience, scale, and security.
• Oversee technology risk management and cyber hygiene practices.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a distributed team of engineers, providing guidance, support, and
fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices, standards, and methodologies to optimize
team performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Business, Product, Design, etc) to define project
scopes, requirements, and timelines, ensuring alignment with company goals and priorities.
• Participate in recruitment efforts to expand and strengthen the engineering team.
Key Requirements:
• 7+ years of solid, hands-on experience in architecting, building, and maintaining complex
scalable platforms.
• Prior experience in building cloud-native platforms from the ground up.
• Very strong statistical analysis and problem-solving skills (candidate would be managing a
complex credit analytics platform).
• Demonstrated success in project management, delivering complex technical projects within
scope, on time, and within budget.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Preferably a prior experience with the following tech stack and infra:
o Golang, ReactJS, MongoDB/PostgreSQL
o Docker, Kubernetes, cloud-native data-lake & big data architecture
o Terraform, AWS/GCP
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment, managing multiple priorities
Effectively.
Bonus Points:
• Prior experience of working with Fintech or other Tech start-ups.
• Prior experience of working with cloud-native Big Data Analytics platforms.
• Good understanding of DevOps, cyber security and technology risk management practises.
• Good understanding of Finance domain.