Senior Backend Engineer US Fintech at Fuku — Malaysia

About The Role

Senior Backend Engineer US Fintech

> Fuku · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-30

**Workplace:** on_site

Description

Senior Backend Engineer

Why you should apply:
\- Join a high-caliber, Silicon Valley-style engineering team in the technological epicenter of Kuala Lumpur, disrupting traditional finance global markets.
\- Own the high-velocity embedded marketplace layer powering global partner insurance and commissions.
\- Seamlessly transition between management and elite Staff/Principal Individual Contributor (IC) career tracks as you grow.
\- Thrive in an environment built on innovation, experimentation, rapid growth, and healthy debate.

What you will do:

\- Architect, refine, and deploy high-performance microservices and RESTful APIs that power consumer financial products globally.
\- Build and scale complex software solutions tailored for high-concurrency production environments and fintech regulations.
\- Design and implement scalable backend systems to support millions of active users.
\- Manage partner API traffic and technical integrations for insurance and commission-based pipelines.
\- Refine system performance through deep platform instrumentation and advanced telemetry monitoring.
\- Maintain elite quality standards through automated CI/CD validation, comprehensive testing, and rigorous code reviews.
\- Partner closely with cross-functional product managers and designers to execute rapid feature delivery and align technical solutions with global business objectives.

Experience you need:
\- Backend Mastery: Deep expertise and mastery of Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem within microservices and cloud-native environments.
\- Proven Track Record: Minimum 5 to 6 years of deep, high-velocity product engineering experience, specifically building high-concurrency software.
\- Architectural Reasoning: Proven ability to justify technical trade-offs regarding database selections and architecture design.
\- Education: A Degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputable or Tier 1 institution.

Nice to have / Bonus:
\- Hands-on experience with Kotlin and modern Java versions (JDK 11 to 21).
\- Expertise in Spring Boot 3.X, Kafka event-driven pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration.
\- Experience with cloud-native AWS stacks.

About you:
\- You are a visionary engineer with an "AI as a teammate" mindset to accelerate result delivery.
\- An assertive communicator possessing uncapped product ownership DNA and strong architectural reasoning skills.
\- An ambitious professional seeking true architectural freedom within a hyper-growth global Fintech disruptor.

Work Arrangement & Benefits:
\- Hybrid flexibility at our Kuala Lumpur hub.
\- Core Benefits: Comprehensive medical coverage and lucrative equity grants / sign-on RSU packages.