Senior Backend Engineer - Embedded Fintech APIs (Remote)

Reap; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Insurance after probation

Reap Card stipend

AI tools access

Innovation culture

Job summary

Reap is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to build the next generation of embedded finance infrastructure powering stablecoin-backed payments, credit, and card services for global businesses. You’ll work end-to-end on features, from PRD to production, in a fast-paced, product-driven team.

You’ll design and ship backend services in Node.js/TypeScript, leveraging AWS and modern development practices. This remote role offers high ownership and collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end: write the spec, design the solution, build it, and operate it in production.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Node.js / TypeScript (NestJS or Elysia) for high-performance APIs and async jobs.
• Work with AWS cloud-native services (Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, Aurora, S3, CloudWatch) for scalable, resilient architectures.
• Manage data storage and synchronization, working with Postgres and Aurora.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and security practices.
• Collaborate directly with product and business stakeholders — no PM layer, no hand-holding.
• Leverage AI tools and modern development practices to drive engineering velocity.

Skills

Backend engineering

RESTful APIs

Async job patterns

AI tooling

Cloud architecture

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

PostgreSQL

Aurora

GitHub Actions

NestJS

Elysia

Job description

Reap is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to build the next generation of embedded finance infrastructure powering stablecoin-backed payments, credit, and card services for global businesses. You’ll work end-to-end on features, from PRD to production, in a fast-paced, product-driven team.

You’ll design and ship backend services in Node.js/TypeScript, leveraging AWS and modern development practices. This remote role offers high ownership and collaboration with stakeholders.