Technical Lead - Cross-Border Payments & Digital Assets (Mandarin required)

Nahc.io

7-10 Years | Hong Kong (On Site) | Full Time | 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Our client is looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to guide their Hong Kong engineering team and shape the architecture behind their multi-currency payment and digital asset conversion platform. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, compliance, and digital payments, and involves close collaboration with product, risk, and R&D teams across multiple regions. The lead will define technical architecture, ensure system compliance, and drive development of microservices.

Must Have

Lead and grow HK engineering team for payments, KYC, mobile transactions, compliance.
Define technical architecture for multi-currency payment and digital asset conversion platform.
Partner with R&D teams on payment integrations, wallet connectivity, settlement pipeline.
Ensure systems meet security, audit, KYC/AML requirements, high performance, reliability.
Drive design/development of microservices (Node.js/Go/Python), API gateways, backend services.
Build tools for transaction monitoring, liquidity management, risk oversight with stakeholders.
Coach engineers, lead code/architecture reviews, champion agile/DevOps best practices.
Explore and prototype new features in mobile and digital payments ecosystem.
Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, FinTech, or related.
7-10 years engineering experience, 3+ years leading teams in fintech/payments.
Strong track record in FX flows, payment gateway integrations, remittance, blockchain-to-fiat.
Comfortable with stablecoin/wallet work (ethers.js/Web3), address whitelisting, key management.
Solid understanding of end-to-end cross-border payment infrastructure.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks: FATF, HKMA, VARA.
Strong engineering fundamentals: Python/Go/Node.js, React/Vue exposure, distributed systems, API design, concurrency, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka/RabbitMQ.
Experience with Web3 wallets, blockchain risk analysis, Chainalysis.
Able to work effectively across cultural and geographical boundaries.
Fluent in English and Mandarin.

Good to Have

Fluent in Cantonese

Job Description

What you will do:

Lead and grow the HK engineering team, covering modules across payments, KYC, mobile transactions, and compliance.
Define the technical architecture for a currency conversion flow that spans fiat, stablecoins, and cross-border settlements.
Partner with overseas R&D teams to align on payment integrations, wallet connectivity, and settlement pipeline design.
Ensure systems meet security, audit, and KYC/AML requirements while maintaining high performance and reliability.
Drive the design and development of microservices (Node.js / Go / Python) and ensure API gateways and backend services run smoothly.
Work with compliance and finance stakeholders to build tools for transaction monitoring, liquidity management, and risk oversight.
Coach engineers, lead code and architecture reviews, and champion agile and DevOps best practices.
Explore and prototype new features in mobile and digital payments as part of the wider product ecosystem.

What you will need:

Degree (Bachelor’s/Master’s) in Computer Science, Information Systems, FinTech, or related disciplines.
7–10 years of engineering experience, including 3+ years leading teams in fintech, payments, or cross-border transaction platforms.
Strong delivery track record in FX flows, payment gateway integrations, remittance systems, or blockchain-to-fiat settlement.
Comfortable with stablecoin/wallet work (ethers.js/Web3), address whitelisting, and key management.
Solid understanding of how cross-border payment infrastructure works end-to-end.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as FATF, HKMA, and VARA.
Strong engineering fundamentals: Python / Go / Node.js; exposure to React/Vue; strong with distributed systems, API design, concurrency, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka/RabbitMQ.
Experience working with Web3 wallets, blockchain risk analysis, and tools like Chainalysis.
Able to work effectively across cultural and geographical boundaries
Fluent in English and Mandarin (Cantonese a plus).

9 Skills Required For This Role

Game Texts Agile Development React Rabbitmq Nosql Node.js Microservices Python Sql

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