Senior/Staff Frontend Software Engineer, Fintech Platform

Reap; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 248,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Reap Direct team. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of front-end development experience, focusing on creating scalable applications. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams, engineering high-quality applications, and improving product reliability. Join us in shaping the future of fintech solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of front-end development experience.
• In-depth knowledge of.js eco-system, micro-frontends, and state management.
• Ability to deliver maintainable, tested, and production-ready architecture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept to deployment.
• Engineer applications that meet quality standards in the fintech industry.
• Improve reliability and stability of production products.

Skills

Front-end development

Problem solving

Collaboration

Technical judgment

Coding standards

Tools

ReactJS

SASS

React Native

Job description

About Reap

Reap is a global financial technology company headquartered in Hong Kong with employees across multiple countries. We enable financial connectivity and access for businesses worldwide by combining traditional finance with stablecoins for efficient money movement.

Through our stablecoin-powered corporate cards, payments, and expense management tools, we streamline financial operations and help businesses scale. Our APIs enable businesses to integrate stablecoin-enabled finance into their own products and services—from issuing Visa cards to facilitating cross-border payments.

Backed by leading investors including Index Ventures and HashKey Capital, Reap is building the future of borderless, stablecoin-enabled finance.

About the team

Our Reap Direct team crafts and maintains cutting-edge client-facing web and mobile platforms, including essential products like Reap Card, Reap Pay, and expense management solutions. We are dedicated to building reliable, user-centric experiences with empathy, prioritizing our clients' experience and needs. We value innovation and strive to create scalable solutions that drive our success.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Reap Direct team, you'll own the full development lifecycle of features, from conception to deployment. You'll play a key role in creating scalable, maintainable, and robust systems and user interfaces that are truly customer-centric. Working within a cross-cutting team, you'll collaborate closely with other engineers and product stakeholders to design and craft innovative solutions that directly address our clients' everyday challenges.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong passion for technology, a drive for excellence, and a collaborative mindset to cross-functional teams. If you are enthusiastic about pushing boundaries, solving complex problems, and making a significant impact, we encourage you to apply and be part of our exciting journey in shaping the future of our products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and fellow engineers, driving seamless product development from concept to deployment.
• Engineer applications that meets the best quality standard in the fintech industry.
• Lead by example and raise the bar for engineering practices and quality.
• Keep our tech stack modern and competitive by staying current with the latest industry trends and technologies.
• Improve the reliability and stability of production products with a large user base, ensuring uninterrupted service.
• Contribute to our team's growth by assisting with resume screening and conducting interviews for new talent.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for highly experienced and accountable front-end engineers, with great communication skills.

Minimum requirements

• Experience: minimum of 6 years of front-end development experience, with a track record of owning and operating business-critical systems.
• Coding standards: Ability to deliver maintainable, tested and production ready architecture and code.
• Problem solving: You care deeply about correctness, edge cases, and failure modes. You approach problems with curiosity and care. You debug thoughtfully, ask questions, and aim for correct, maintainable solutions and prioritize clear, robust solutions over quick fixes. You’re accustomed to working on brownfield projects
• Frontend: In-depth knowledge of.js eco-system, micro-frontends, state management, CSS processors (e.g. SASS) and frameworks (e.g. MUI, Styled-components/ Emotion)
• Technical judgment: You balance technical depth with product understanding, and apply sound judgment when making tradeoffs. You build systems that are elegant under the hood, but practical and adaptable in real-world use
• Engineering growth mindset: You seek feedback, enjoy learning from others, and more importantly able to raise the bar of the engineering team.
• Collaboration: You enjoy working on a team, writing clear code, and participating in peer reviews. You communicate clearly and respectfully. You communicate clearly, challenge ideas respectfully, and help raise the quality of the whole team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain exposure: Experience or interest in fintech domains—such as payments, credit card issuer, or exchanges is a plus
• Experience in mobile app development: You’re familiar with app development using tools like React Native, and also the process of publishing apps to the app store
• AI fluency: You actively use AI tools to speed up your work and deepen your understanding, always applying your expertise to evaluate, learn from, and enhance AI's contributions
• High-growth environments: Experience in high-growth, fast-paced teams or startup is helpful

Our stack

• ReactJS, with mature SDKs or Libraries. e.g.: Vite, ReactQuery, Zustand
• Micro-frontends
• We value strong fundamentals and a willingness to learn over prior experience with any specific toolset.