Director of Backend Architecture & Engineering

Matrixport; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BIT in Singapore seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead our backend engineering and own the architecture of core systems. You will build a high‑caliber team that ships reliably with strong engineering leadership.

You will define roadmaps for system quality, reduce technical debt, and apply AI pragmatically to raise delivery quality and efficiency while collaborating with product, operations, and risk teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Expert in Golang or Rust, with hands-on experience building large-scale applications.
• Deep understanding of MySQL transaction isolation levels and patterns.
• Familiarity with AWS services (EC2, EBS, S3, RDS, VPC, ELB).
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems with observability.
• Professional Mandarin for technical discussions and management communication; written English proficient.
• Eligible to work in Singapore or for an Employment Pass.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall architecture and technology choices for the systems under your remit.
• Lead design and review of critical modules and drive high-complexity initiatives.
• Define roadmap for system quality, debt reduction, middleware reuse, and testing infra.
• Set goals, conduct performance reviews, and lead hiring for engineering teams.
• Allocate engineering resources and establish processes for AI-enabled delivery.

Skills

Backend engineering

Team leadership

Golang

Rust

Python

English proficiency

Mandarin proficiency

MySQL

AWS

Job description

BIT in Singapore seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead our backend engineering and own the architecture of core systems. You will build a high‑caliber team that ships reliably with strong engineering leadership.

You will define roadmaps for system quality, reduce technical debt, and apply AI pragmatically to raise delivery quality and efficiency while collaborating with product, operations, and risk teams.