Backend Engineer

First Circle; Singapore; On-site; SGD 115,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work with office option

Macbooks

Private health insurance

Training budgets

Travel to South East Asia

Job summary

First Circle is a fast-growing, profitable, credit-led SME neobank with connections to the World Bank Group. We build in-house, solve hard problems, and offer remote-friendly roles with options to work from our offices in select locations. You will contribute to data-driven fintech products and scalable systems, collaborating across teams to deliver impactful solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership, growth mindset, and high-performance engineering in a fast-moving environment with global reach.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of software development experience.
• Experience with Kotlin; other stack languages (Ruby on Rails, React, NextJS, TypeScript) are a bonus.
• Data-heavy fintech background is highly desirable.
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving abilities.

Skills

Kotlin

Data-heavy fintech

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

React

NextJS

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Azure

Sentry

Datadog

Ruby on Rails

Job description

First Circle is a fast-growing, profitable, credit-led SME neobank in the Philippines, backed by shareholders including the World Bank Group (IFC). Thousands of SMEs use our Business Credit Line and Business Bank Accounts to run and grow their businesses. Our product velocity continues to accelerate, with upcoming launches including SME Corporate Cards, Payroll, Invoices, and Solar Financing - redefining the SME neobank category through software, financial products, and exceptional risk models.

Our culture emphasises building, problem solving, ownership / responsibility, and personal & professional growth. We balance a collegiate atmosphere with free & direct communication which enables us to move very quickly and avoid politics or toxicity. Our team continues to level up quickly, necessary for business to compound more than 100% per year, which we achieve through individual growth and bar-raiser hiring.

What's different about engineering at First Circle?

• Building in developing markets like the Philippines presents unique challenges, given the state of digital infrastructure. We are building virtually everything in-house, which is not easy, but its a lot of fun. We have a track record of solving seemingly impossible problems that defeated many other start-ups, and the opportunity ahead remains enormous
• We already have a core product that customers love - this is a unique opportunity to do zero-to-one building in a company that has already got a track record of delivering great things
• Our exceptional engineering team: we love working together - building, maintaining high standards, and having fun whilst we do it.

Requirements

• At least 3-5 years experience of software development
• Great if you have worked on products that are data-heavy, B2B, or fintech
• Experience with Kotlin. Other languages in our tech stack are a bonus: ruby on rails, react, NextJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Azure, Sentry and Datadog)
• The ability and desire to consistently produce excellent work, individually and as part of a team. Our mission is what attracts people, but working on highly stimulating problems is what keeps us hooked
• Mindset of personal growth, and a best-in-class work ethic

Benefits

• No fixed budget, we hire globally and adjust offers based on experience and market rate
• Flexibility around working hours and location. The role can be worked remotely, with the option to work from one of our offices. We have co-working spaces in London, Hong Kong & Belgrade where other senior engineers are based.
• Macbooks, private health insurance, training budgets and more!
• Opportunity to travel to South East Asia

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