About the job
Join fuku as a Principal / Staff Engineer specializing in Platform, Architecture, and AI Strategy, where you'll leverage your extensive experience in the fintech sector to drive innovative solutions and tackle complex challenges. In this hybrid role based in central Kuala Lumpur, you will play a pivotal part in shaping our technical landscape and influencing cross-functional teams.
Why You Should Apply:
- Engage in high-level technical work, addressing intricate problems such as designing MVPs, developing new platform tools, and integrating cutting-edge AI technologies.
- Contribute significantly across various teams by offering architectural insights to platform, product, engineering, and DevOps.
- Enjoy the autonomy to pinpoint high-impact projects, prioritize initiatives, and directly advise the Head of Engineering.
- Take ownership of critical technical challenges within a strategic individual contributor capacity, without direct team management responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Spearhead complex, cross-platform technical projects, transforming architectural strategies into scalable, secure, and production-ready solutions.
- Provide informed technical guidance on build vs. buy assessments, AI tool integration, code refactoring, and management of technical debt.
- Deliver well-structured recommendations with clear trade-offs and risk evaluations throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Collaborate closely with the Head of Engineering and a dedicated team of 20 engineers in Malaysia, alongside another team in Singapore.
- Advocate for new initiatives internally while aligning Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Business teams toward common objectives.
