Engineering Manager, Unified API
Stablecoin rails for real-world payments.
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About StraitsX
StraitsX is a Singapore-headquartered provider of regulated stablecoin and digital-payment infrastructure. It issues fiat-backed stablecoins including XSGD, XUSD, and XIDR, and provides settlement, wallet, dedicated virtual accounts, card issuance, QR-payment connectivity, OTC trading, and API services.
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About the Role
You will lead the Unified API group, overseeing two teams that own core payment APIs, blockchain infrastructure, and agentic payment solutions. You will manage and mentor engineers and an Engineering Manager, drive delivery and reliability, set engineering standards, and champion AI-driven development practices with strong security and verification. You will provide technical direction rather than coding daily, and collaborate with Product, Compliance and other Engineering leaders.
Requirements
- Proven experience managing software engineering teams in production backend environments
- About 7+ years of backend software engineering experience including system architecture
- Understanding of distributed systems, databases, APIs, asynchronous processing, and reliability
- Hands-on experience with AI coding agents
- Familiarity with AI agent architectures, MCP, tool calling, and verification of AI-generated work
- Ability to lead complex engineering projects and manage trade-offs
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop engineering teams for core payment APIs, blockchain, and agentic payment solutions
- Manage and mentor engineers and an Engineering Manager
- Oversee engineering delivery across multiple teams
- Drive talent development through coaching, performance management, career development, and hiring
- Ensure reliability and operational excellence of production systems
- Drive adoption of AI coding agents across the software development lifecycle
- Champion specification-driven development
- Establish AI verification and evaluation practices
- Ensure AI-assisted development follows security controls and review processes
- Lead architectural discussions and technical design reviews
- Establish and maintain engineering standards
- Define team objectives and OKRs aligned with the product roadmap
- Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and Engineering leaders