Lead Engineer

About the Company

At Omise, we believe the digitalization of the economy has opened up the world and offers endless opportunities to grow and make meaningful connections with one another. Omise connects people, businesses and society in innovative ways to provide fair and open access to a growing economic ecosystem under its vision of enabling access to the digital economy for everyone. We are on a mission to make digital finance seamless and borderless for people and businesses. Our solutions are used by thousands of companies worldwide including Toyota, ByteDance, ICBC, Siam Commercial Bank, True Money, Worldline, Allianz, Bank of Ayudhya, McDonald’s, BMW, King Power and Pomelo.

As a value-driven organization, we are committed to selecting and retaining the sharpest minds across all functions. Join us in our global efforts to make digital finance seamless and borderless for people and businesses.

About the Team

Omise Engineering teams have a strong focus on innovation and staying at the forefront of technological advancements. This involves a commitment to continuous learning and experimentation with new tools and methodologies. We foster a collaborative environment where team members can openly communicate and share ideas. Omise engineering follows agile methodologies i.e. iterative development process, frequent feedback, and adaptability to changes, allowing teams to respond quickly to evolving requirements. We promote a sense of ownership and accountability and a healthy work-life balance. Recognizing that well-rested and satisfied employees are more productive and creative.

Why we need you

Omise is under-going a period of sustained growth and we will need to bring on top-class engineering leaders to help our teams grow and succeed. We are determined to create the best environment possible to work in, for both engineers and the customers our products assist.

As such, we are on the lookout for a talented Lead Software Engineer to drive the development and evolution of our account onboarding, underwriting, and account management systems. In this role, you will take ownership of designing and delivering scalable, high-performance solutions that support seamless onboarding, and comprehensive account management for our growing merchant base.

Lead a high performance and quality engineering team. Be able to translate business requirements into engineering requirements and vice versa. If you’re passionate about solving complex engineering problems in fintech and ready to lead high-impact initiatives in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to connect with you.

What you will be doing

This is a high impact production running application (Money reconciliation). Maintaining a high quality work while also maintaining high team velocity is very challenging. This role should balance this 2 axis well enough so that the team can deliver high impact work in a proper time period.

Technical Leadership: Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable software solutions. Lead architectural decisions to ensure efficiency, reliability, and security across systems. Set high standards for code quality by writing clean, maintainable code and enforcing best practices through peer reviews.

Leading and Mentoring: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of talented engineers, supporting them in their growth. Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous learning, innovation and technical excellence within the team.

Project Delivery: Work closely with technical product managers, engineering managers, and other stakeholders to analyze product requirements, break down large features into well-defined, achievable sprint deliverables.

Monitoring and Incident Support: Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, to minimize disruption and maintain system reliability.

You

5+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2+ years in a lead engineer or technical lead role within a payment gateway, fintech, or high-transactional e-commerce environment.

Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., PHP, Typescript, Go, Java, Python, Node.js) and experience with API implementation, microservices and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

Familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure set up.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach to technical challenges.

Strong English verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

A strong ambition to grow into a full engineering management or people management role.

Curious and adaptable, with a willingness to learn new programming languages and technologies as needed.

Nice to Have

Experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Elasticsearch, Redis, event-driven architectures, and NoSQL databases.

Familiarity with modern frontend technologies such as React.

Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., PCI DSS).

Experience with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

How to apply

If you liked what you read and believe to be up for the challenge, we'd be pleased to welcome you to the recruitment process for this position. Simply click on apply and submit your contact info. Afterward, this will happen next:

The hiring team will review your application

2-3 Interviews with the hiring team, People Operations team and all stakeholders involved in the process

Why you’ll love it here

Work with other talented, ambitious international colleagues who love their craft

A modern and well-equipped work environment

Flexible working hours

A medical healthcare plan and annual health check-up

A friendly bunch of colleagues

What we believe in

We cultivate teamwork and a trust-based working culture

We celebrate diversity and continuous improvement

Giving our employees the opportunity and create for their own success

About Omise

Founded in 2013, 500 people

Headquartered in Japan, with operational headquarters in Bangkok and offices in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Raised over $236M of funding to date from institutional investors including SCB10X, SPARX Group Co. Ltd., Toyota Financial Services Corporation, JIC Venture Growth Investments, MUFG Bank, Mars Growth Capital, Ascend Venture Group, and more

Won Digital Startup of the Year at Digital Thailand Big Bang 2017

Won Forbes Japan Startup of the Year 2018

Won 3 awards from International Business Magazine Award 2020

Most Innovative Electronic Payment Platform for Singapore

Most Innovative Seamless Transactions Provider for Singapore

Best Payment Solutions Provider in Singapore

Won Mizuho Innovation Award 2022 (Q2)

Life at Omise

Nearly 500 employees work from our six office locations as well as remotely from home or co-working spaces. While we are a global company, a lot of our thinking goes into how to solve payment problems at the hyper-local level to help businesses scale and reach their customers.

Our core values — simple, real, and beautiful serve as our North Star and are integrated into how we work and the results of our work.

At Omise, we empower people to embrace project-ownership and take initiative. We love to see our employees act as the owner of the outcome and confidently provide solutions to each challenge, taking a collaborative teamwork approach. Our fellow employees are encouraged to discuss and share ideas, and are given the freedom to explore all areas of their work, in order to achieve the expected results.

People at Omise are from different backgrounds and together, we contribute to creating an inclusive, friendly, and safe working environment. As a company, we embrace diversity and value open discussions, a learning mindset, professionalism, and respect. “Growing with us” means to celebrate the challenges and to always look for opportunities to learn, develop your skills, a