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Engineer Team Lead, New Markets Singapore

Alpaca
Posted a month ago

LOCATION

APAC · Remote

EXPERIENCE

Not specified

SKILLS REQUIRED

Microservices Architecturedistributed systemsBackend Developmentapi designGogRPCREST APIs

Job description

Overview

Engineer Team Lead for New Markets in Singapore, leading engineering for brokerage and platform services in the region.

What you'll do

  • Architect and deliver scalable brokerage systems (gRPC microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, vendor integrations).
  • Advance the core platform for multi-region, multi-currency, and regulatory context.
  • Own API quality, performance, and operational readiness for regional workloads.
  • Lead, coach, and develop engineers in Singapore, setting priorities and quality bar.
  • Serve as a senior escalation for incidents and improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
  • Partner with Product, Compliance, and local stakeholders on Singapore/regional requirements.

What you'll need

  • Strong backend engineering in Go (or equivalent) and distributed systems at scale.
  • Staff-level impact with architecture ownership and cross-team technical leadership.
  • People leadership experience with direct or matrix leadership (1:1s, performance, delivery).
  • Financial services/fintech/brokerage exposure including trading lifecycle, settlements, and regulatory awareness.
  • Excellent communication in English and comfort with regional/global stakeholders.

Nice to have

  • Experience in Singapore or APAC regulatory and market context.
  • Experience with microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud (GCP/AWS), plus event-driven design.
  • Open-source or strong community presence.

Details

  • Work mode listed as Remote - APAC.
  • Location focus is Singapore.

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Engineer Team Lead, New Markets Singapore