Senior Software Engineer

About Us

At M-DAQ Global, we're building a World without Currency Borders™.

As a pioneering fintech group specialising in foreign exchange (FX) and payment solutions, we power seamless cross-border transactions for businesses around the world. Headquartered in Singapore, ASEAN remains a key focus of our growth strategy as we continue expanding our presence across regional and international markets. Through our proprietary technology and single API integration, we deliver FX clarity, payment certainty, and global payment mobility that help enterprises and SMEs navigate cross-border trade with confidence.

Today, M-DAQ has a strong presence across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Kingdom, and beyond. More than 300 employees across our regional offices support businesses in over 45 markets globally, facilitating multi-billion-dollar cross-border transactions annually.

We provide a comprehensive suite of FX, collections, and payment solutions, enhanced by AI-driven onboarding, compliance, and advanced risk management capabilities designed to help businesses operate more efficiently across increasingly complex cross-border environments.

At M-DAQ, we foster a collaborative and people-oriented culture where employees are encouraged to contribute ideas, take ownership, and grow together. Alongside a flexible hybrid work environment, employees can also look forward to team celebrations, wellness initiatives, and regional gatherings that bring colleagues together across markets.

Our employee experience and growth have also been recognised through industry and workplace accolades, including:

• The Financial Times High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026
• The Straits Times Singapore's Fastest Growing Companies 2026
• Tech in Asia Singapore's Top Fintech Companies 2026
• Employee Experience Awards - Best Hybrid Work Model

For more information, please visit: www.m-daq.com.

About the Role

Be part of a talented multinational team of software engineers responsible for building a game-changing platform. We are expanding our team and looking for energetic and creative Java Developers to join us in our dynamic and agile collaborative environment.

Job Description:

1. Develop new features, applications and also well versed in maintaining and enhancing platform.
2. Understand in depth the architecture and design of M-DAQ Fx Platform to the extend of being able to autonomously develop and deliver high quality features.
3. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to build great applications.
4. Develop & implement tests for ensuring the quality, performance, & scalability of our application.
5. Take ownership of platform end to end architecturally.
6. Proactively identify problems and take the lead to resolve them.
7. Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Hardcore java developers required. Someone who has extensive details on the internal workings of the JVM, appreciates mechanical sympathy, has a passion for low latency and high performance systems
• 6 to 8 years of relevant experience
• Good Core Java Knowledge - Threading, GC, Deployment, Troubleshooting, Maven
• Good experience with data structures
• Experience in architecture/design area
• Lock free and concurrent systems
• Knowledge of high frequency, low latency systems
• Knowledge in scalability/high availability
• Working Knowledge in FIX Protocol (Preferably in FX)
• Familiarity with FIX protocol and any other connectivity protocol is a good to have but not necessary
• Financial background specially FX is a good to have but not necessary
• Knowledge of python ideally or any other scripting language - (Bonus)
• Knowledge on networking is highly desired. TCP/IP, UDP, NIO highly desired (BONUS)
• Working Knowledge in browser rich-client framework like Reactjs/Angularjs.

Why Us

• Be part of a mission to create a World without Currency Borders™
• Work alongside collaborative and diverse regional teams
• Gain exposure to cross-border payments, FX solutions, and global fintech innovation
• Opportunities to learn, grow, and take ownership in a fast-growing company
• Flexible hybrid work environment with a people-oriented culture
• Competitive remuneration package and employee benefits