About Syfe
Syfe is a digital investment platform with a mission to empower people to grow their wealth for a better future. Built on the pillars of advice, access and innovation, we cater to the full spectrum of an individual's wealth needs across diversified proprietary portfolios, cash management solutions and a state-of-the-art brokerage.
The Syfe team combines world-class financial expertise with best in-class technology talent. Excellence in execution is in our DNA and we offer equity ownership to all employees regardless of seniority and designation.
We are regulated by the financial authorities across Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. In Singapore alone, where we are headquartered, over 250,000 investors trust Syfe to grow their wealth.
Since its founding, Syfe has raised US$132 million from world-class investors. The company has won multiple awards including Wealth Management Fintech of the Year by the Asian Banking and Finance Awards, as well as being recognized as one of the Top LinkedIn Startups in Singapore.
About the Role
As a Principal Engineer at Syfe, you’ll operate as a technical thought leader and hands-on architect, partnering with engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to solve some of the hardest problems in the fintech space. This role is ideal for engineers who love systems thinking, sweat over design docs, and are obsessed with building resilient, scalable platforms that stand the test of time.Key Responsibilities
- Drive Architectural Vision: Define and evolve architectural patterns across teams. Ensure choices today won’t become regrets tomorrow by designing with extensibility and scale in mind.
- Solve for Complexity, Not Simplicity: Tackle systemic and ambiguous problems across domains – from low-latency order execution to real-time data processing and observability.
- Technical Leadership Without Authority: Influence tech decisions across pods without needing direct reporting lines. Provide architectural reviews, hands-on POCs, and be a trusted voice across teams.
- Raise the Engineering Bar: Mentor senior engineers, guide them on trade-offs, and instill engineering rigor across the organization. You’re not just writing code, you’re multiplying impact.
- Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with Product, Business, and Engineering stakeholders to align long-term tech investments with business bets.
- Champion Engineering Excellence: Continuously improve engineering practices — from CI/CD, infra as code, to observability and incident response.
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in backend/platform engineering, with a track record of driving architectural decisions at org-level scale.
- Expertise in designing and operating distributed systems (think microservices, event-driven architectures, or CQRS patterns).
- Experience with multi-region HA, horizontal scaling, and managing technical debt pragmatically.
- Proven ability to navigate trade-offs in system design, security, data consistency, and latency.
- You’ve led cross-functional initiatives involving multiple pods/teams and seen them through from conception to production.
- Strong programming expertise in one or more languages – e.g., Go, Java, Kotlin, or similar.
- Curious, low-ego, and outcome-driven. You make others better just by working with you.
Bonus Points
- Fintech domain experience (wealth, trading, payments etc.).
- Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, and modern cloud-native infra stacks.
The Syfe Advantages:
Annual learning allowance for work related online courses and books
Annual recreational allowance
Allowance for home-office setup
Latest M1 Macbook Pro + as required hardware and software
Best of all, our speciality is helping people manage their money. We will help you learn how to manage your own money like a pro
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