Fintech Backend Tech Lead - Payments & Security

Soft Space; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 407,000 - 611,000; Full time

Job summary

Soft Space, a fintech solutions provider, seeks a Senior Software Engineer (North America) to design, develop, and support secure, scalable backend services for the NA portfolio. You will own backend delivery, API design, database integration, and production support while mentoring junior engineers and influencing technical decisions.

You will collaborate with NA customers and partners, aligning with global standards, participating in cross‑time‑zone discussions, and working primarily during

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on backend development experience using Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, SQL, and relational databases.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on, including guiding engineers and supporting junior team members.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, enhance, and maintain secure, scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend services for fintech and payment applications.
• Take ownership of complex engineering work across requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Contribute to technical and architectural discussions and ensure implementation aligns with agreed architecture, coding standards, secure development practices, and SDLC requirements.
• Conduct code reviews, analyse technical issues, and support root-cause analysis and resolution of backend, API, database, integration, performance, and production issues.
• Support complex technical escalations and elevate matters requiring broader architectural, customer, or management decisions to the Lead Engineer or Engineering Manager.
• Ensure solutions meet required standards for performance, scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, and compliance.
• Identify and recommend improvements to engineering practices, tooling, testing, automation, system performance, and development efficiency.
• Act as a key technical contributor supporting North America projects, customers, and partners.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

SQL

Relational DBs

Git

CI/CD

Code Reviews

SDLC

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Soft Space, a fintech solutions provider, seeks a Senior Software Engineer (North America) to design, develop, and support secure, scalable backend services for the NA portfolio. You will own backend delivery, API design, database integration, and production support while mentoring junior engineers and influencing technical decisions.

You will collaborate with NA customers and partners, aligning with global standards, participating in cross‑time‑zone discussions, and working primarily during