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BACKEND ENGINEER, SGD 120,000 – 220,000 + Equity
Hot
Bounty: $ 2,000
Singapore, Singapore
Full-Time
$93,000-$170,000/annually
In-Office
Posted 6d ago
Specialty:
Back-End Engineer
Experience Level:
2-4 years
Management Level:
None people
English Level:
Fluent
Skills & Technologies
TypeScript
Golang
Application Programming Interface (API)
Kubernetes
Data Structure and Algorithm
Docker
System Design
About the Job
The Backend Engineering team designs and operates the high-performance systems that power the company’s Checkout product and broader payments stack. Backend Engineers architect APIs, services, and distributed systems that handle payments, settlement, asset conversion, identity/security verification, and multi-chain transaction routing. This is a foundational role building fault-tolerant, low-latency infrastructure that scales globally while meeting security and compliance expectations.This is an on-site role in Singapore, four days per week (Mon–Thu), with flexible Fridays (WFH optional). The company will support relocation for the right candidates, including Employment Pass (EP) sponsorship.
Reports to: Founding Engineer / Singapore Engineering Lead (with close collaboration with the CTO)
About the hiring companyOur client is a Series A Web3 payments infrastructure company that makes onchain value transfer intuitive, secure, and seamless for everyday users and developers. Their flagship product is a high-conversion payment solution that allows users to complete any onchain action using assets from self-custodial wallets, centralized exchanges, or fiat on-ramped from cards and bank accounts. By aggregating routing and exposing users’ full asset portfolios at the point of sale, the product helps decentralized applications drive faster, stickier, and more engaged users without stitching together multiple providers or spinning up new chains.The company has processed over USD 1.3 billion in payments in the past 30 days alone, annualizing to over USD 12 billion – growing from effectively zero just a year and a half ago. Notable clients include leading prediction markets, DeFi protocols, and consumer-facing crypto platforms. They have recently closed a funding round, have multiple years of runway, and are actively scaling.The company currently has ~30 team members globally and is expanding its Singapore office from 2 to 10 engineers by end of year. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the foundational Singapore team and help shape the company’s Asia-Pacific engineering presence.
Reports to: Founding Engineer / Singapore Engineering Lead (with close collaboration with the CTO)
About the hiring companyOur client is a Series A Web3 payments infrastructure company that makes onchain value transfer intuitive, secure, and seamless for everyday users and developers. Their flagship product is a high-conversion payment solution that allows users to complete any onchain action using assets from self-custodial wallets, centralized exchanges, or fiat on-ramped from cards and bank accounts. By aggregating routing and exposing users’ full asset portfolios at the point of sale, the product helps decentralized applications drive faster, stickier, and more engaged users without stitching together multiple providers or spinning up new chains.The company has processed over USD 1.3 billion in payments in the past 30 days alone, annualizing to over USD 12 billion – growing from effectively zero just a year and a half ago. Notable clients include leading prediction markets, DeFi protocols, and consumer-facing crypto platforms. They have recently closed a funding round, have multiple years of runway, and are actively scaling.The company currently has ~30 team members globally and is expanding its Singapore office from 2 to 10 engineers by end of year. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the foundational Singapore team and help shape the company’s Asia-Pacific engineering presence.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance APIs and backend services for the Web3 payments platform.
- Implement and evolve systems for payments, settlement, transaction routing, asset conversion, and identity/security flows across chains and providers.
- Build new backend features that improve product experience, conversion, and reliability for dApps and partners.
- Participate in system design, architecture reviews, and incident response to ensure reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Write clean, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews and engineering standards.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong experience building production backend systems in a modern language (TypeScript preferred; Go or Rust acceptable for strong systems engineers willing to work in TypeScript).
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and database design principles.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, AWS).
- Solid CS fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and systems design.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English (primary working language).
Preferred Requirement
- Experience in payments, fintech infrastructure, or transaction-heavy consumer apps.
- Prior exposure to blockchain integrations, smart contracts, or DeFi protocols.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing.
- Contributions to open source or technical writing in backend, infra, or crypto domains.
- Evidence of exceptional achievement in any domain (athletics, open-source, competitive programming, etc.).
Benefits
Location: Singapore (on-site). Company supports relocation and EP sponsorship for the right candidates.
Compensation: SGD 120,000 – 220,000 base salary (targeting 75th–90th percentile of Singapore market), plus meaningful equity. Exact package confirmed per candidate level.
Benefits: CPF contributions for Singapore citizens/PRs; EP holders receive standard MOM-compliant benefits package. Details to be confirmed.
Interview Process
Compensation: SGD 120,000 – 220,000 base salary (targeting 75th–90th percentile of Singapore market), plus meaningful equity. Exact package confirmed per candidate level.
Benefits: CPF contributions for Singapore citizens/PRs; EP holders receive standard MOM-compliant benefits package. Details to be confirmed.
Interview Process
- Agency recruiter screening (Worthland Consulting)
- Recruiter screen with company’s Talent team (cultural fit + logistics)
- 1-hour live coding interview with CTO or senior backend engineer (language agnostic, application-based)
- Follow-up systems design / technical deep-dive
- On-site interviews in Singapore (~2 hours): additional coding + cross-functional cultural interview + CEO chat (virtual if needed)
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