Fintech Backend Engineering Lead

FINEXUS Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

FINEXUS Group seeks an experienced Backend Engineering Lead to mentor a growing team and deliver scalable, secure e-invoicing solutions on AREMA, a cloud-native platform. You will drive architecture, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration across product, operations, and security teams.

You will oversee development, testing, and deployment, ensuring robust security and regulatory compliance while advancing performance and reliability in the fintech domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of software development experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of e-invoicing systems, APIs, and integrations with financial systems.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, Golang; cloud services and containerised platforms; CI/CD pipelines.
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and database systems (SQL/NoSQL).
• Leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and decision-making under pressure.
• Experience in financial technology, Peppol, payments, or ERP integrations is a plus.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards and data privacy laws.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers for scalable, secure e‑invoicing solutions.
• Oversee design, development, testing, and deployment of AREMA platform.
• Ensure architecture for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Manage project timelines, risks, and stakeholder priorities.
• Coordinate incident response and guide the support team during production issues.
• Collaborate with product, operations and business teams to deliver features.
• Stay updated on fintech trends and technologies to drive innovation.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend engineering

Regulatory compliance

Cloud & Kubernetes

APIs & integrations

Stakeholder comms

Incident management

PM & delivery

Problem solving

Fintech domain

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/SE

Tools

Java

Python

Golang

AWS EKS / Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

FINEXUS Group seeks an experienced Backend Engineering Lead to mentor a growing team and deliver scalable, secure e-invoicing solutions on AREMA, a cloud-native platform. You will drive architecture, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration across product, operations, and security teams.

You will oversee development, testing, and deployment, ensuring robust security and regulatory compliance while advancing performance and reliability in the fintech domain.