Associate Director, Engineering

MoneyHero Group; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

MoneyHero Group leads a team of frontend and backend engineers in a Hong Kong-based role that emphasizes AI-assisted development and strong architecture. You will own service patterns, write and review production code in TypeScript, Node.js, and React, and guide the team through AI-driven design while maintaining quality and reliability.

The role demands 10+ years in software engineering, excellent English, and proven leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering delivering secure, scalable, high-performance apps.
• Expert in TS/Node/React/Next.js with full-stack web app experience.
• Strong architecture, microservices, event-driven and API design.
• Hands-on with AI coding tools in production environments.
• Experience designing scalable microservices and GraphQL APIs.
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL databases; Docker and Kubernetes mastery.
• AWS exposure and modern CI/CD pipelines; security-focused coding.
• Excellent business mindset and English communication; leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend and backend engineers; ensure high-quality delivery and best practices.
• Own architecture decisions; conduct code reviews and debug production issues.
• Mentor engineers; provide feedback and pair programming sessions.
• Guide AI-assisted development standards and tooling adoption.
• Plan and deliver features; coordinate with Product, Design, and Business teams.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, security, and automation.
• Improve engineering efficiency and resolve cross-team bottlenecks.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Next.js

Microservices

Event-driven design

API design

AI coding tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GraphQL

SQL/NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Web security

Leadership & mentoring

English communication

Education

10+ years software engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GraphQL

MongoDB

Redis

GitHub Actions

Job description

MoneyHero Limited (NASDAQ: MNY) is a leading tech- and AI-powered personal finance aggregation and comparison platform that provides consumers with actionable insights to discover, compare, and choose the best financial products with confidence — bringing data intelligence and seamless digital access across insurance and banking solutions. The Company operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines. Its brand portfolio includes B2C platforms MoneyHero, SingSaver, Money101, Moneymax and Seedly, as well as the B2B platform Creatory. The Company also holds a preference share investment in Jirnexu Pte. Ltd. MoneyHero had over 280 commercial partner relationships as at June 30, 2026, and had approximately 3.7 million Monthly Unique Users across its platform for the three months ended June 30, 2026.

About the Job

You will lead a team of frontend and backend engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery, adherence to best practices, and effective collaboration across disciplines. You will own architecture decisions, conduct code reviews, debug production issues, and maintain reliable deployments, while working closely with Product, Design, and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable, well-engineered solutions.
We rely heavily on AI tools for coding and code review: 80-90% of our code is written with AI, with engineers directing, reviewing, and refining the output. This role leads that adoption across the team, setting the standards for AI-assisted development and keeping quality, architecture, and review practices strong as the volume and pace of code grows.

The team lead will be responsible for:

• AI-Assisted Development: Define how the team uses AI coding and review tools day to day. Set the standards for shipping AI-generated code safely and keep quality standards high for what gets merged.
• Architecture & Patterns: Own the architecture of the team's services. Define and apply proven patterns (microservice boundaries, event-driven design, domain-driven design, clean API contracts) and keep systems modular, coherent, and maintainable as AI increases the volume and pace of code.
• Coding (70%): Write, review, and optimize production-ready code in TypeScript, Node.js, and React, working with AI tools from design through review and testing, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Code Review & Quality: Enforce best practices and high code quality standards, with review practices adapted to AI-generated code: automated checks handle routine issues, human review focuses on correctness, architecture, and business logic. Guide engineers through constructive feedback.
• Mentorship: Coach and support engineers through regular feedback, pair programming, and technical guidance, including effective use of AI tools.
• Issue Resolution: Debug and resolve production issues, coordinate incident response, and ensure root-cause analysis and prevention.
• Planning & Delivery: Plan and prioritize development work, balance workloads, and manage release deliverables.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and Business teams to align on requirements, timelines, and technical feasibility.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Maintain reliable build and deployment pipelines, monitor system health, and enforce security and automation standards.
• Process Improvement: Identify bottlenecks, propose tooling or workflow improvements, and drive overall engineering efficiency.

In this role, we are looking for someone with :

• Expert in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Next.js, with strong experience building full-stack web applications and reusable components.
• Strong grasp of software architecture and design patterns (microservices, event-driven systems, domain-driven design, API design), with experience designing high-load distributed systems that stay scalable and maintainable.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in production work (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot): generating, reviewing, and correcting AI-written code, and helping others do the same. Familiarity with RAG, MCP, and evals is a plus.
• Skilled in designing and maintaining microservices and GraphQL APIs for scalable, distributed architectures.
• Proficient with SQL databases and modern NoSQL solutions such as MongoDB and Redis, including schema design, query optimization, and caching strategies.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, automated deployments, and system monitoring, plus working knowledge of AWS and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Proficient with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing, building, and deployment.
• Strong understanding of web security standards, authentication flows, data protection, and secure coding practices.
• Familiar with SEO optimization, web performance metrics, and best practices for improving visibility and user experience.
• Committed to clean code, testing, observability, and production-grade reliability.
• Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, conducting code reviews, mentoring engineers, and aligning technical work with business objectives.
• Good to have: familiarity with Java/Kotlin/C#, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and scalable caching or storage solutions.
• 10+ years in software engineering, delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance applications.
• Excellent business mindset and execution skills, with strong presentation and communication skills in English.

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What can you expect from us?

Impact: We are actively empowering and connecting people to a better financial future. Join us if you want to help us achieve our mission.
Work: We have a team of over 350 talented individuals in 4 markets who are hyper passionate about building innovative financial solutions and making an impact on people’s lives.
Culture: We take our work seriously but don’t hesitate to keep things light. We can only create magic when we have a little bit of fun.
Thrive: We launched in 2014, and now help over 10 million monthly users make the best financial decisions. Accelerate your career and become a pioneer in your field with a leading fintech company that seeks to push the boundaries of your imagination and is committed to growing your career.
Reputation: We are backed by world-class organizations and companies and have raised over US$110 million from investors including Experian, Pacific Century Group, IFC - a member of the World Bank Group

EEO StatementMoneyHero Group is an equal opportunity employer. We value, support and respect all individuals and is committed to maintaining an inclusive and diverse working environment. Decisions in hiring are based on business needs, requirements of the job and individual qualifications and shall not be influenced by any consideration of race, ethnic or national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity and/or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

When you apply for a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by MoneyHero Group (“MoneyHero Group” or “we”), a company registered and incorporated in Hong Kong and which can be contacted by [e-mail]. MoneyHero Group (the “Group”), is a group of companies that provide price comparison services as well as financial services, insurance products, communications and other products and services across Asia.

Your data is stored in a range of systems and formats. These include in your recruitment file, in the Group’s HR management system and in other IT systems, including the Group’s email system.

MoneyHero Group processes a range of information collected from you. Subject to applicable law, this may include:

• your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;
• your gender and date of birth;
• details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;
• information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements;
• details of your marital status and dependents;
• candidate photographs;
• details of your bank account;
• Passport or other identification information; and/or
• Information from compliance background checks.

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing MoneyHero Group’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, responding to and defending against legal claims, maintaining and promoting equal opportunities within the workplace and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under applicable Data Protection Laws as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the MoneyHero Group, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.

Who may have access to personal data?

Your information will be shared internally within the Group for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes with members of the HR and recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy, internal and external auditors and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by MoneyHero Group to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on MoneyHero Group’s behalf.

MoneyHero Group may share your personal data with third parties in order to, obtain pre-employment references from other employers, obtain employment background checks from third party providers and to obtain necessary criminal record checks.

How long do we hold your personal data?

Your personal data will be retained by the Group for so long as the Group determines it is reasonably necessary to evaluate your application for employment. If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment in accordance with the contract of employment and our internal privacy policy.

For unsuccessful candidates, we will retain the personal data provided during the application process for a period of two (2) years. This is to maintain accurate recruitment records, prevent duplicate applications, and to allow us to consider you for future opportunities that may match your profile. After this period, your data will be securely deleted from our systems. Should you wish to request the deletion of your data before the end of this retention period, you may contact us at [e-mail].

What if you do not supply your personal data?

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the us during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able to process your application properly or at all.

Conflict of Interest: Do you have a family member or close personal relationship with any current employee, officer, or board member of MoneyHero Group or any of its subsidiaries?If Yes, please provide their full name, relationship to you, and the entity or department they work in (e.g., MoneyHero, SingSaver, Money101, Seedly, Creatory). *

Note: 'Relative' includes a spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, in-law, grandparent, or any individual residing in the same household.