Job Description

What we do, and why we do itThe financial services industry is evolving to give consumers the transparency, control and financial wellbeing they deserve. In a world where technology can change how we live for the better, there is no reason to be burdened by legacy systems, bureaucracy and mediocrity. It’s time for a change, and you can be part of this revolution!

BigPay is everything you wish your bank was: fair, transparent, frictionless. We went back to the drawing board to explore how new technologies could bring power back to you. Our goal is to solve real world money problems for millions of people by empowering them, and providing a simple interface for users to send, receive and track their money.

Life at BigPayWe’re fast, curious and ambitious. We are on a fearless adventure to change financial services for consumers, and we value ownership, initiative and leadership from everyone in the company. We’re going out of our way to recruit the most intelligent, creative and talented people in the world. We want innovators, and that means maintaining an environment where they can flourish. Our only boss is the consumer. BigPay values highly collaborative, hardworking people, who can deconstruct problems on the fly and take the team with them, while being inventive, iterative and agile. We never want to reach a stage where you are not challenged on a daily basis – because it means we’re not going fast enough.

We are HiringWe are looking for a talented Senior Engineering Manager specifically in Backend to join our  team.

Role Description:Your core responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

• Critical tech leader, contributing to and steering key tech decisions
• Perform code and architecture reviews ( significant part of the role ) and engage in hands-on coding where possible 
• Serve as one of the most senior architect for the Backend team, ensuring the welfare of the local team and smooth operations.
• Based in [x] but technically direct a distributed team of backend engineers in one or more of the Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand spanets 
• Work with various internal teams, including product, spaneting, and operations to build and release quality features.
• Potential representative of backend engineering to partners, regulators and other financial institutions in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
• Make strategic technical and architectural decisions impacting the whole BigPay Group
• The role may potentially require working  closely with and/or overseeing the backend engineering function of BigPay’s sister entity BigLife 

While your role will be integrated within the larger team within the BigPay Group building features for all spanets.

To be successfulYou should have:

• Experience in leading tech teams and on-time delivery of large scale distributed systems with a bottoms-up understanding of system architecture, interactions and complexities at scale
• Strong knowledge of system design, distributed systems architecture with proven experience of implementing the same, especially around money flows
• Strong experience in delivery management, estimation, tracking to work closely with multiple squad leads to meet objectives
• Strong knowledge of Java, Rust, or similar languages; experience with Rust, Springboot, Kotlin, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Google Cloud Platform is highly beneficial
• Experience in operating production software systems at scale
• Experience in build and run of regulated systems with high uptime requirements is highly desirable
• Strong experience with distributed systems and micro-services
• Deep understanding of engineering processes such as RFCs, Development best practices etc.
• Experience working in a squad-type Agile environment across multiple functional guilds ( product, operations, backend, mobile etc. )
• Outstanding communication skills to operate at various levels of abstraction across multiple stakeholders (from juniors to C-suite) and vendors
• Capability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Be a self-starter with the ability to demonstrate value and add structured thinking to abstract problems to influence our talented backend engineers with the right guidance
• Be a talent attraction magnet for potential new hires in backend engineering as a significant voice in the Malaysian technology community is highly sought after

Benefits

• A chance to work with top talent from across the globe!
• Hybrid and flexible working environment
• Work from anywhere
• 20 days of annual leaves
• Medical, dental, and life insurance
• Travel allowance
• ID90, industrial discount of flight ticket