Senior Backend Engineer – Fraud & AML, Scalable Services

Maya; Philippines; On-site; PHP 380,000 - 580,000; Full time

Job summary

Maya seeks a Senior Back-end Software Engineer for Risk Tech (Fraud & AML) in the Philippines. You will own backend projects from planning to production, design and build scalable services, and collaborate with frontend, platform, and risk teams to ensure secure, reliable systems.

You will drive architecture discussions, implement robust RESTful APIs, and contribute to code reviews and releases in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience leading backend or platform projects from design through production—not only implementing features.
• Strong experience building backend services with Java and/or Python on AWS (or a comparable cloud).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB).
• Strong experience designing, building, and using RESTful APIs / backend services at scale.
• Typically 6–10+ years building large-scale internet services, platforms, or backend systems.
• Comfortable with automated testing (JUnit, pytest, Jest, Mocha) and code reviews.
• Strong experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab/GitHub) and CI/CD.
• Experience with containers (Docker) and deploying/operating services in the cloud.
• Plus: caching (Redis/Memcached), event-driven systems, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Own backend projects from start to finish: planning, design, build, release, monitoring, and upkeep.
• Translate product and Risk needs into technical design and delivery plans; remove blockers.
• Collaborate across teams to resolve dependencies and drive architecture discussions.
• Help shape Fraud & AML capabilities and scalable service design.
• Build reliable services that securely handle risk-related data and are easy to deploy.
• Create reusable APIs/services for other teams and partners; uphold quality and performance.
• Lead reviews and production releases; mentor junior engineers through pairing and code reviews.
• Document best practices and share knowledge with the Risk Tech team.
• Collaborate with QA on test planning and release readiness for owned projects.
• Support hiring and team activities as a senior individual contributor.

Skills

Backend design

API design

AWS cloud

Automated testing

CI/CD

Git workflows

Code reviews

Security/compliance

Fraud/Risk domain

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/CE

Tools

Java

Python

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Memcached

DynamoDB

Docker

REST APIs

Job description

Maya seeks a Senior Back-end Software Engineer for Risk Tech (Fraud & AML) in the Philippines. You will own backend projects from planning to production, design and build scalable services, and collaborate with frontend, platform, and risk teams to ensure secure, reliable systems.

You will drive architecture discussions, implement robust RESTful APIs, and contribute to code reviews and releases in an Agile environment.