Tech Lead, Platform Team – Backend-Focused

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🌐 Hong Kong, Malaysia, +2 more countries – Remote

🇭🇰 Hong Kong – Remote 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Remote 🇹🇼 Taiwan – Remote 🇸🇬 Singapore – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Reap

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

🤝 B2B

Fintech • Crypto • B2B

Reap is a fintech company providing borderless, stablecoin-enabled financial infrastructure for businesses. It offers business accounts (Reap Direct), Visa corporate cards with fiat and stablecoin repayment, cross-border payments powered by stablecoins, expense management for multi-currency treasuries, and embedded finance APIs including card issuing and payment APIs to automate global fiat payouts and enable stablecoin-native finance.

📋 Description

• Architect, build, and maintain robust integrations between the platform and external third-party systems • Ensure scalability, reliability, and security within the AWS environment • Design and implement well-structured APIs and services for seamless cross-platform data exchange • Apply best practices in API versioning, authentication, and error handling • Build and operate AWS services using CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for integrations • Investigate incidents, resolve root causes, and proactively harden systems • Use AI tools for code generation, debugging, test creation, and documentation • Help establish practical AI adoption across the team • Set technical direction and standards for the platform • Lead architecture and design reviews • Drive alignment on complex, cross-team initiatives • Mentor and grow engineers while raising standards for code quality, delivery, and engineering practices • Own the technical direction, architecture, and delivery for a Platform sub-team while remaining hands-on with code

🎯 Requirements

• 8-10+ years in backend or platform engineering, with a strong focus on system integrations, workflow orchestration, and API-driven solutions • At least 2+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead or Engineering Manager) • Track record of leading teams, owning architecture decisions, and delivering complex projects end to end • Preferably Node.js and TypeScript, with strong experience building APIs and working with event-driven/serverless systems • Strong backend engineers using Go, Java, or Python may be considered if they can ramp up quickly • Strong AWS experience • Solid CI/CD practices, including build/test/release pipelines, deployment automation, and operating production services • Comfortable using AI coding tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex • Familiarity with integrating LLM APIs, including MCP and RAG • Hands-on experience with relational databases such as AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL, and MySQL • Experience with schema design and ORM frameworks such as TypeORM • Strong analytical mindset and ability to debug complex integration flows across multiple systems • Fintech, payments, crypto, or financial services integration experience is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible hybrid/remote work environment with a global, collaborative team • Insurance coverage after probation • Reap Card stipend • Use of AI tools at work • Space to learn, experiment, and grow with AI tools • Culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning