Backend Engineer (Junior to Mid-Level)

Job description

***Join the Pioneer Crypto Brand in the Philippines!*** Coins is the most established crypto brand in The Philippines and has gained the trust of more than 18 million users. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, users can buy and sell a variety of different cryptocurrencies and access a wide range of financial services. Coins is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and is the first ever crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank. We're looking for a **Backend Engineer** who wants to grow their career building payment systems used by millions. You'll work with senior engineers and architects in a regional team, and you'll use AI tools every day to build, test, and ship faster. ### What You'll Do - **Build and ship backend services:** Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based microservices that run our payment platform. Contribute to features across the payment lifecycle, including acquiring, clearing, settlement, and ledger accounting. - **Protect user funds:** Help build and improve reconciliation jobs, exception-handling flows, and monitoring that keep every transaction accurate and every peso accounted for. - **Integrate with partners:** Work on integrations with banks, local payment methods, card networks, and international payment partners. Along the way you'll learn how multi-currency and FX flows work. - **Use AI in your daily work:** Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code assistants, AI-driven testing, and debugging) to work more productively. Help explore and prototype AI-powered features and internal tools. - **Improve reliability and performance:** Troubleshoot production issues, write clean and well-tested code, and help make our systems more available, scalable, and efficient. - **Collaborate across teams and regions:** Work closely with product, risk, finance, and compliance, as well as Mandarin-speaking engineering and business teams, to deliver secure and compliant solutions. ### What We're Looking For - 1–5 years of professional backend development experience. Strong fresh graduates with solid internship or project experience are welcome to apply. - Hands-on experience with **Java** (Spring Boot preferred). Experience in other backend languages is a plus if you're willing to work mainly in Java. - Familiarity with **microservices architecture**, RESTful APIs, and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL). - A **strong interest in AI**, such as regularly using AI coding tools, experimenting with LLMs or AI APIs, or building AI-powered side projects. - **Proficiency in Mandarin Chinese** (spoken and written) is required. You'll work regularly with Mandarin-speaking teams and stakeholders. Business-level English is also required. - A good grasp of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and basic distributed systems concepts. - Strong problem-solving skills, ownership, and eagerness to learn. ### Nice To Have - Exposure to fintech, payments, banking, e-wallets, or crypto. - Experience with message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), caching (e.g., Redis), or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). - Understanding of transaction consistency, idempotency, or reconciliation concepts. - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Alibaba Cloud).