Company Introduction
ADVANCE.AI is a leading AI company that provides digital transformation, fraud prevention, and process automation solutions for enterprise clients. A leader in Artificial Intelligence, risk management and digital lending solutions, it currently partners over 700 enterprise clients across banking, financial services, fintech, payment, retail and e-commerce sectors. ADVANCE.AI has a global footprint across 11 markets in 3 continents.ADVANCE.AI is a leading AI company that provides digital transformation, fraud prevention, and process automation solutions for enterprise clients. A leader in Artificial Intelligence, risk management and has a global footprint with operations across ASEAN and wider APAC and Latin America it currently partners over 700 enterprise clients across banking, financial services, fintech, payment, retail and e-commerce sectors. ADVANCE.AI has a global footprint across 12 markets in 3 continents.
ADVANCE.AI is part of Advance Intelligence Group,
a Series D-backed Tech Unicorn valued at US$2 billion, and also one of the largest independent technology startups based in Singapore. Founded in 2016, the Group has presence across South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Greater China. The Group is backed by top tier investors SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Warburg Pincus, Northstar,Vision Plus Capital, Gaorong Capital, Pavilion Capital, GSR Ventures and Singapore-based global investor EDBI.
Advance.CBP is a new private credit bureau in the Philippines. In 2024, Advance.CBP obtained approval from Credit Information Corporation to become a Special Accessing Entity, which allows it to be operational as a challenger credit bureau to create a more inclusive credit infrastructure.
Advance Intelligence Group employees are united by a shared vision and purpose: to
Advance with Intelligence for a Better Life--for our customers, colleagues and communities.
Our culture is built on values that are core to who we are and what we stand for:
- We foster an INNOVATION mindset
- We achieve results with EFFICIENCY and excellence
- We take pride in the QUALITY of our work
- We uphold INTEGRITY in all we do
- We embrace COLLABORATION to work across business lines and borders
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced Tech Leader to join our Philippines team and lead the technology delivery for our local business. This role will play a key part in building the local engineering capability, driving product development, and ensuring a smooth transition of development and operations responsibilities from the existing Beijing R&D team to the Philippines team.
The ideal candidate should have strong leadership skills, solid technical depth, and proven experience managing engineering teams in a fast-paced business environment. Experience in fintech, credit bureau, KYC, risk, or scoring-related products will be a strong advantage.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and lead the local engineering team in the Philippines, including hiring, team development, and organizational setup.
- Work closely with the existing Beijing R&D team to establish effective collaboration, knowledge transfer, and delivery processes.
- Gradually take over the development and operations responsibilities for related products from the Beijing team to the Philippines team.
- Lead the development of credit bureau / credit products in the Philippines market.
- Drive the product and technical evolution from Basic Tier to Advanced Tier, ensuring business goals, delivery quality, and scalability.
- Lead the gradual transition of KYC and Score product development and operations responsibilities for the Philippines market.
- Ensure stable, secure, and efficient product delivery and system operations to support local business growth.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with solid experience in team leadership or engineering management.
- Proven experience in building and managing engineering teams.
- Proven experience in credit bureau, credit scoring, lending risk, consumer finance, or closely related fintech domains.
- Strong technical background in backend systems, distributed systems, system architecture, and production operations.
- Experience leading cross-site or cross-region collaboration with remote teams.
- Familiarity with fintech, credit bureau, risk control, KYC, scoring, or related domains is highly preferred.
- Experience in transitioning products or systems between teams or regions is a strong plus.
