Senior Backend Architect & Tech Lead - Scalable Banking

Ryt Bank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 280,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Ryt Bank is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer in Malaysia to shape backend platform evolution, define standards, and mentor engineers across domains. You will design scalable microservices, drive architectural trade-offs, ensure secure, reliable systems, and collaborate with Product, Frontend, QA, SRE, and Platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

With 7+ years of backend experience, you’ll influence technical direction, explore new patterns, and elevate engineering craftsmanship while

Qualifications

• Malaysian citizen (MyKad) required.
• Strong proficiency in Java or other OOP languages.
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka or equivalent).
• Experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and non-relational databases.
• Familiarity with designing and consuming web APIs of reasonable complexity.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement.
• At least 7+ years of experience in backend software development.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable microservices and event-driven architectures for digital banking capabilities.
• Define and evolve backend architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Lead technical design discussions and architectural trade-offs across domains.
• Guide teams to build reliable, secure, and high-performance systems in production.
• Drive evolutionary design, improving existing systems while delivering new capabilities.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and elevate technical craftsmanship across the team.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Frontend Engineers, QA, SRE, and Platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Lead initiatives to elevate engineering evolution by exploring emerging architectural patterns and new design approaches.

Skills

Java

OOP

System design

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Ryt Bank is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer in Malaysia to shape backend platform evolution, define standards, and mentor engineers across domains. You will design scalable microservices, drive architectural trade-offs, ensure secure, reliable systems, and collaborate with Product, Frontend, QA, SRE, and Platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

With 7+ years of backend experience, you’ll influence technical direction, explore new patterns, and elevate engineering craftsmanship while