CTO — Hybrid, Build a Global FinTech Platform

Doit; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Doit seeks a CTO to own technology for our regulated investment platform in Malaysia. This is a build role in a risk-managed environment, from architecture to evidence for registration. You will lead architecture decisions, build the engineering team, and ensure secure, scalable systems.

You will drive technology risk compliance, implement change control, and oversee cloud and outsourcing arrangements while maintaining hands-on technical involvement.

Qualifications

• Deep software engineering background and track record building scalable production systems.
• Strong knowledge of backend systems, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Experience making architecture decisions across multiple products or teams.
• Ability to build and lead world-class engineering teams and still review code and architecture hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and major technical decisions for the platform, from onboarding and routing through records, reporting and interfaces.
• Build and lead the engineering team, setting standards for reliability, security, performance, testing and code quality.
• Implement technology risk requirements as engineering practice: change control, secure development, testing and acceptance.
• Produce the systems evidence behind readiness declarations for regulatory approvals.
• Guide the platform through independent technology validation and address findings.
• Own business continuity and disaster recovery, tested and proven.
• Oversee cloud, vendor and outsourcing arrangements with board accountability.

Skills

Deep software engineering

Backend systems

APIs

Databases

Cloud infrastructure

Distributed systems

Architecture decisions

Leadership of engineers

Hands-on architecture review

Job description

Doit seeks a CTO to own technology for our regulated investment platform in Malaysia. This is a build role in a risk-managed environment, from architecture to evidence for registration. You will lead architecture decisions, build the engineering team, and ensure secure, scalable systems.

You will drive technology risk compliance, implement change control, and oversee cloud and outsourcing arrangements while maintaining hands-on technical involvement.