Back End Developer/Engineer (Contract of Employment)

Versa Asia; Selangor; Remote; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital wealth management app is looking for a Back End Developer to design and maintain backend services using Typescript. You will collaborate with engineering teams and maintain high development standards. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of experience, strong communication skills, and knowledge of cloud services. The role includes benefits such as medical insurance and birthday leave.

Benefits

Medical Group Insurance

Birthday Leave

Online L&D Budget

Qualifications

• 3+ years backend engineering experience, preferably in distributed microservices architectures.
• Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals.
• Solid understanding of REST API design and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and improve backend services.
• Participate in code and design reviews.
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Typescript

Rest API design

MySQL and MongoDB

CI/CD pipelines

Communication skills

Tools

GCP

Pub/Sub

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Back End Developer/Engineer (Contract of Employment)

Design, build, maintain, and improve backend services using Typescript in a microservices architecture, prioritising availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Versa's platform

Work with the back end engineering team to explore and create new design / architectures geared towards scale, maintainability, and performance.

Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards.

Collaborate with product and experience teams to define and prototype feature specifications.

Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality and reliability.

Requirements:

3+ years backend engineering experience, preferably in distributed microservicesarchitectures.

Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals

Experience deploying and operating services on GCP (or other cloud providers)

Solid understanding of REST API design and best practices.

Familiarity with message queues/event streaming (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Experience with MySQL and MongoDB (or other NoSQL databases)

Experience with containerisation and CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of unit/integration testing frameworks

Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Experience working with fintech or regulated industry is a plus

Your application will include the following questions:

• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Backend Developer?

Established in 2020, Versa is a digital wealth management app dedicated to empower Malaysians from all walks of life to achieve financial wellness. Founded by a group of seasoned financial technology entrepreneurs, the app makes saving and investing simple via its partnership with AHAM Capital and highly accessible by introducing low entry amounts, low fees and flexibility that allows users to withdraw anytime without incurring penalties. Versa is regulated by Securities Commission Malaysia and is focused on making more wealth solutions accessible to Malaysians.

Perks and benefits: Medical Group Insurance, Birthday Leave, Online L&D Budget