Engineering Manager, Issuing Platform

Seoulstart; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Seoulstart seeks a senior software engineering leader in Singapore to drive backend architecture and delivery for high-throughput payment and settlement platforms. You will lead teams building card issuing, transaction processing, and settlement systems, while coaching engineers and shaping architectural direction.

You should bring 10+ years in software engineering with 2+ years of managerial experience, and hands-on expertise in Java, Kotlin, Go or Python, plus Kafka, cloud, Docker, Kubernetes,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with at least 2 years of people management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field.
• Build modern backends using Java, Kotlin, Go or Python.
• Design and deliver large-scale distributed production systems and REST APIs.
• Experience with Kafka, GCP or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams building card issuing, transaction processing, and settlement systems.
• Coach and grow engineers through feedback and career development.
• Provide architectural direction for high-throughput transaction processing.
• Drive reliability, observability, security, and cost efficiency across the platform.
• Align execution with product and operations leaders on business priorities.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend development

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Kafka

Cloud (GCP/AWS)

Docker

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

What you'd do:

• Lead teams building card issuing, transaction processing, and settlement systems


• Manage, coach, and grow engineers through feedback and career development


• Provide architectural direction for high-throughput transaction processing


• Drive reliability, observability, security, and cost efficiency across the platform


• Align execution with product and operations leaders on business priorities

What they want:

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 2+ managing engineers directly


• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field


• Build modern backends in Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python


• Design and deliver large-scale distributed production systems and REST APIs


• Work with Kafka, GCP or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability tooling

Nice to have:

• Fintech, payments, or other regulated financial domain experience


• Deep JVM experience with Spring or Spring Boot


• Leading teams on high-availability, low-latency systems 10+ years in software engineering, including 2+ managing engineers directly


• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field


• Build modern backends in Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python


• Design and deliver large-scale distributed production systems and REST APIs


• Work with Kafka, GCP or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability tooling