Lead Payments Systems Engineer (ISO8583, Linux, Kubernetes)

CoherentPlus International; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CoherentPlus International is seeking an experienced software engineer to own the development and lifecycle of our payment processing engine, ensuring secure data flow between ISO8583 hosts and our cloud-native environment.

You will operate in a Linux ecosystem with Docker and Kubernetes for orchestration and GitHub Actions for CI/CD, reporting to the CTO and focusing on code quality, system stability, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor junior developers.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure and scalable payment processing modules.
• Integrate with third-party payment hosts via Socket and API connections.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines to deliver code safely and rapidly.
• Assist in regulatory and security compliance (PCI-DSS).
• Troubleshoot production issues across the full stack (App/Network/OS).

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Socket Programming

ISO8583 Protocols

C Programming

Linux/Unix

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Express.js

Job description

CoherentPlus International is seeking an experienced software engineer to own the development and lifecycle of our payment processing engine, ensuring secure data flow between ISO8583 hosts and our cloud-native environment.

You will operate in a Linux ecosystem with Docker and Kubernetes for orchestration and GitHub Actions for CI/CD, reporting to the CTO and focusing on code quality, system stability, and regulatory compliance.