Backend Engineer

MoneyLion is a leader in financial technology powering the next generation of personalized products and content, with a top consumer finance super app, a premier embedded finance platform for enterprise businesses and a world-class media arm. MoneyLion’s mission is to give everyone the power to make their best financial decisions. We pride ourselves on serving the many, not the few; providing confidence through guidance, choice, personalization; and shortening the distance to an informed action.

In our go-to money app for consumers, we deliver curated content on finance and related topics, through a tailored feed that engages people to learn and share. People take control of their finances with our innovative financial products and marketplace - including our full-fledged suite of features to save, borrow, spend, and invest - seamlessly bringing together the best offers and content from MoneyLion and our 1,100+ Enterprise Partner network, together in one experience. MoneyLion’s enterprise technology provides the definitive search engine and marketplace for financial products, enabling any company to add embedded finance to their business, with advanced AI-backed data and tools through our platform and API. Established in 2013, MoneyLion connects millions of people with the financial products and content they need, when and where they need it.

About the Role

The Kuala Lumpur office serves as the beating heart of innovation for MoneyLion, where creativity and speed converge to challenge the status quo of finance. Our environment celebrates diversity and the spirit of rebellion against traditional financial norms. We're on the lookout for enthusiastic junior to mid-level engineers ready to embark on a transformative journey in fintech. As part of our dynamic engineering team, you'll contribute to the development and refinement of microservices and RESTful APIs. These are the core components that enable our consumer financial products to excel across various platforms. Dive into a role where your work directly impacts the evolution of fintech, blending your passion for software building with our mission to revolutionize financial services.

*Do take note that this is an on-site role based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Additionally, if you’ve already sent in your application for this position and were not selected, please re-apply after 6 months.*

Key Responsibilities:

  • Developing innovative features in the Fintech industry.
  • Participating in architecting and implementing event-driven architecture.
  • Working with industry standards of CI/CD best practices at enterprise level.

About You:

  • Experienced in Java, or any other OOP languages such as C#.NET, Javascript, or PHP.
  • Experienced in any relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MSSQL.
  • Experienced non-relational databases such as MongoDB, DocumentDB, or CosmosDB.
  • Experienced in web APIs of reasonable complexity.
  • Familiar with containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • You have a Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • At least 2+ years of experience building and developing software would be preferred. But Fresh grads are welcome to apply as well! 

Technology stack we use: 

Java, Spring Boot, Nodejs, ES6, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.

(Don’t worry if you don’t know all of them right now, because you don’t have to)

What's Next...

After you submit your application, you can expect the following steps in the recruitment process:

  1. HackerRank Test
  2. Live Coding - Solving a fun programming challenge (Technical team) & Interview (Talent Acquisition Team)
  3. Final Interview - Interview by the Hiring Managers and a Tech Lead

*If you’ve already sent in your application for this position and were not selected, please reapply after 6 months.*

What We Value

We value growth-minded and collaborative people with high learning agility who embody our core values of teamwork, customer-first and innovation. Every member of the MoneyLion Team is passionate about fintech and ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission.

Working At MoneyLion

At MoneyLion, we want you to be well and thrive. Our generous benefits package includes:

  • Competitive salary packages 
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
  • Wellness perks
  • Paid parental leave
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Flexible working hours 

MoneyLion is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees. Inside our company, every decision we make regarding our employees is based on merit, competence, and performance, completely free of discrimination. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Within that team, no one will feel more “other” than anyone else. We realize the full promise of diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work every single day.

Are you looking for a company supporting both personal and career growth? Are you an adventurous person excited to step out of your comfort zone and solve challenging problems? If so, you should definitely speak to us.MoneyLion is a digital financial platform on a mission to rewire a broken banking system that applies a one-size-fits-all approach to personal finance. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve engaged with over 8.5 million hard-working Americans, with a focus on empowering them to take control of their finances to achieve their life goals. Our award-winning platform delivers holistic banking, lending and investing solutions while surrounding each customer with personalized tools, content, and advice relevant to their unique financial situation -- all in a single app.We pride ourselves on being the most innovative team in Fintech, and all of our team members are passionate about making a difference in people’s lives. We work fast, collaborate always, and above all else, we do it for our customers.MoneyLion is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and we also support remote team members around the globe.

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