Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Fintech, Rapid Growth

First Circle; Kuala Lumpur; Remote; MYR 487,000 - 730,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Macbooks

Private health insurance

Training budgets

Travel opportunities

Job summary

First Circle is seeking senior backend engineers to drive growth across SE Asia and beyond. You will build and evolve production backend systems using Kotlin, Java, or Ruby, and shape features from idea to production in close collaboration with product and design teams.

Work primarily remotely with optional office time in supported hubs. Expect a fast-moving environment, a strong focus on AI-enabled tooling, robust API design, and data modeling. Travel opportunities to SEA may arise as we scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production backend systems in Kotlin, Java, or Ruby.
• Strong foundations in API design, relational databases, and data modeling.
• Experience in startup/fintech/payments/banking, especially in regulated environments.
• Hands-on production troubleshooting, incident investigation, and resilience improvements.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.
• Curiosity about AI and practical experience using AI tools.
• Primarily remote with the option to work from our office; offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Belgrade.
• We hire globally and adjust offers based on experience and market rate.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve backend services and APIs that are fast, reliable, and easy to change.
• Take features from first idea to production: shape with product and design, ship, measure, and improve.
• Help make architectural decisions, write clear technical proposals, balance speed with durable solutions.
• Keep services running by setting up monitoring, rapid response, and user support when issues arise.
• Review code, share knowledge, and help other engineers grow.
• Collaborate across product, design, and business to translate needs into technical solutions.

Skills

5+ years backend experience

Kotlin/Java/Ruby

API design

Relational databases

Data modeling

Production systems

Startup/fintech familiarity

AI curiosity

Job description

First Circle is seeking senior backend engineers to drive growth across SE Asia and beyond. You will build and evolve production backend systems using Kotlin, Java, or Ruby, and shape features from idea to production in close collaboration with product and design teams.

Work primarily remotely with optional office time in supported hubs. Expect a fast-moving environment, a strong focus on AI-enabled tooling, robust API design, and data modeling. Travel opportunities to SEA may arise as we scale.