Mission:

The mission of this role is to lead and mentor the backend engineering team to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance e-invoicing solutions, while driving innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, and collaborating across stakeholders to achieve business and technical objectives.

Role Specification:

Are you passionate about building scalable, cutting-edge software solutions At FINEXUS, we offer you the opportunity to lead and innovate with AREMA, our cloud-native e-invoicing platform. Built on a modern software development stack and leveraging technologies like Airflow, Spark, Spring Boot, React, Kubernetes, and ArgoCD, AREMA offers a unique environment for solving complex challenges while accelerating your growth.

If you're excited about working with a dynamic team to deliver impactful solutions in the

fintech industry, we'd love to have you onboard!

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership and Management

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, ensuring high performance and engagement.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team.
Manage resource allocation, performance reviews, and team development plans.

Software Development Oversight

Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of the e-invoicing system.
Ensure the application architecture adheres to best practices for scalability, reliability, and security.
Drive continuous improvements in code quality, performance, and maintainability.

Project Management

Collaborate with project managers, product managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to define project requirements and priorities.
Create and manage project timelines, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality features.
Proactively address risks, dependencies, and potential roadblocks.

Compliance and Security

Ensure the system complies with relevant regulatory standards and data privacy laws.
Implement robust security measures to protect sensitive financial data.

Innovation and Technology Strategy

Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies in e-invoicing and fintech.
Recommend and implement tools, frameworks, or methodologies to enhance productivity and system performance.

Product Support and Incident Management

Oversee the timely resolution of production issues and provide technical guidance to the support team.
Act as the Incident Commander during critical incidents, coordinating cross- functional teams to ensure swift resolution and effective communication with stakeholders.
Continuously improve incident response processes and documentation to enhance system reliability and minimize downtime.

Stakeholder Collaboration

Act as the primary technical liaison between engineering, operations, and business teams.
Communicate progress, challenges, and technical insights to non-technical stakeholders effectively.

Key Qualifications:

Education and Experience

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a

related field.

Minimum 7 years of software development experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.

Technical Expertise

Strong knowledge of e-invoicing systems, APIs, and integrations with financial systems.
Proficiency in programming languages in Java (preferable), Python, Golang etc.
Experience with cloud services, containerized platforms (e.g. AWS EKS, Azure K8s, SUSE Rancher) and CI/CD pipelines.

In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes.

Familiarity with database systems. Knowledge of SQL, ORMs, and a variety of databases (SQL and NoSQL).

Leadership Skills

Proven ability to manage and inspire engineering teams.
Experience in handling cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder communication.

Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to make sound technical and strategic decisions under pressure.

Domain Knowledge

Experience in financial technology, particularly in e-invoicing, Peppol, payments, or ERP integrations, is a significant advantage.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and standards such as LHDN guidelines, BNM RMiT, or PCI DSS.

Software Engineering Manager