Senior Backend Platform Leader

Confidential

Singapore

On-site

SGD 180,000 - 360,000

Full time

17 hours ago

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Job summary

Confidential is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive the evolution of its backend platforms and services powering customer experiences and core operations. You will shape technical direction for a large-scale backend ecosystem, lead high-performing teams, and influence platform strategy in a fintech environment where scalability and reliability matter.

You'll mentor engineers, set engineering standards, partner with product and architecture, and deliver strategic initiatives while

Qualifications

Proven experience leading backend engineering teams in complex technology environments.
Strong background designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.
Experience building and operating cloud-native platforms and modern API ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Build, mentor, and develop high-performing backend engineering teams and technical leaders.
Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
Support recruitment, workforce planning, talent development, and succession planning.
Create an environment where engineers can perform at their best while continuously raising technical standards.
Lead the design, evolution, and modernisation of distributed backend platforms and services.
Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure systems.