Backend Engineer - Middle/Senior (Java/Python, AWS)

GoTymeX · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-07

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Engineering

Description

About our Team

Our team is responsible for creating a brand new suite of digital financial platforms and apps that are highly reliable and scalable, using modern engineering practices. You will be joining a project with talented software engineers in our Digital Bank Build team, who are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the new digital banking platform and its customer channels. As part of the team, you will implement software features, participate in technical designs, and write tests to ensure high-quality product delivery. Our teams operate in Scrum and DevOps models.

We’re looking for top engineers! During the interview process, we will assess your coding and design skills to evaluate your experience and depth of knowledge. Don’t worry, our interview process will be engaging!

Responsibilities

As a Backend Engineer, you will work on specific problem domains, designing, developing, and deploying backend services with a focus on scalability, high availability, and low latency.

Drive the efficient delivery of change through analysis, definition, and documentation of requirements, while identifying potential solutions using agile delivery frameworks.
Solve complex technical and business problems and learn new technologies and frameworks.
Be part of a team that takes full responsibility for the features you own.
Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and improve – you are responsible for the full lifecycle of your product.

Hiring Process

CV Review
Online Assessment(*): 135 minutes, 100% in English, via HackerRank
Technical Interview: 90 minutes, online via MS Teams
Culture Fit Interview: 60 minutes, online via MS Teams

(*) Assessment invitations are automatically sent via email to candidates who pass the CV review. Please check your mailbox regularly and complete the assessment within 7 days, before the invitation expires.

Requirements

You will be a perfect match if your profile ticks some of the items below:

Must-have

A pragmatic mindset.
Outstanding problem-solving ability, eagerness to learn, and curiosity.
5+ years of software development experience with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, Python (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI), or similar technologies.
Strong database and schema design skills for large-scale applications.
Experience developing distributed systems using microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures.
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Strong English skills to work comfortably with international teams and stakeholders.
Adaptable attitude and personality, ready for continuous change.
Collaboration and culture fit in an Agile environment.

Nice to have

Experience working in the banking and financial domain.
Experience with Ansible, Packer, Docker, and Kubernetes is a significant plus.
Experience with automated testing frameworks.

Benefits

At GoTymeX, opportunities are here for the taking. If you want to be part of our purpose and live and lead through our values, we can offer exciting development opportunities through expanded lateral roles, stretch assignments, or people leadership.

Some of our benefits:

Competitive salary that recognizes your talent and potential, including 13th salary (pro-rata).
Performance-based bonus and equity participation in Tyme Group.
A fast-moving environment where your ideas and execution actually matter.
Full benefits and salary rank during probation.
Insurance coverage in accordance with Vietnamese labor law, plus premium health care for you and your family.
Generous 20 days of leave annually, including 15 annual leave + 3 sick leave + 1 birthday leave + 1 Christmas leave.
Meal and parking allowances covered by the company.
Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home or the office.
Values-driven, international working environment and agile culture.
Work-life balance 40-hr per week from Mon to Fri.

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About the company

GoTymeX provides the technology and product engine for Tyme Group’s digital banks in emerging markets. It designs, builds and operates consumer and SME digital banks through a phygital model that blends an app-based banking platform with a network of retail kiosks. It runs licensed banks in South Africa and the Philippines and scales via partnerships, offering a unified platform across multiple markets. Its goal is to expand access to digital banking in emerging markets by extending its model to more countries and serving tens of millions more customers.

Company Size

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Company Stage

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Total Funding

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Headquarters

Singapore

Founded

2019

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Tyme Group reached 23 million customers and 95 million monthly transactions by July 2026.
GoTyme Bank crossed 10 million users and ₱53 billion deposits by July 2026.
Euromoney named GoTyme Best Digital Bank for Consumers in July 2026.

What critics are saying

GoTyme still depends on parent capital injections after July 2026 and April 2025 top-ups.
MariBank Philippines entered in 2026, and BSP raised digital-bank licenses to ten.
Cross-border expansion across Vietnam, India, and China adds execution risk across regulatory regimes.

What makes GoTymeX unique

GoTymeX powers multi-country banking from one platform across South Africa and the Philippines.
GoTyme’s phygital kiosks and mall agents lower acquisition costs versus app-only rivals.
Apple Pay, Wise remittances, and remittance campaigns deepen product breadth fast.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Meal Benefits
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Performance Bonus
Company Equity

Company News

DealStreetAsia

Jul 4th, 2026

JV partners inject fresh capital into PH digibank GoTyme

The latest infusion follows a $10.4m capital injection in April last year

Innovation Village

Nov 27th, 2025

Tyme Group partners with Visa to drive financial inclusion across emerging markets

Tyme Group partners with Visa to drive financial inclusion across emerging markets. The Tyme Group, owner of TymeBank, South Africa's first profitable digital bank, has announced a new multi-year, multi-market partnership with Visa aimed at accelerating financial inclusion and digital payment innovation in South Africa, Southeast Asia, and beyond. TymeBank, launched in February 2019, has grown into South Africa's third-largest bank by customer base, serving 11 million customers. The bank boasts R7 billion in deposits, a network of 1,000 kiosks, and 15,000 retail points nationwide. While Tyme started as a South African venture, the group - now headquartered in Singapore - expanded to the Philippines in 2022 and operates a technology and product development hub in Vietnam, where it plans to launch a new bank. Across all markets, Tyme serves 20 million customers.

Bob Reyes

Jun 29th, 2025

Tyme Group, GoTyme Bank's Major Shareholder, Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025

Tyme Group, the major shareholder behind the Philippines' rapidly expanding GoTyme Bank, has been named to TIME Magazine's 2025 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World.

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