We are looking for a Backend Software Development Manager with a strong coding background in Java and Spring Boot, and proven experience building high-throughput transactional systems in cloud environments. The ideal candidate has come up through the ranks as a developer, understands complex backend architecture, and is passionate about mentoring engineers and growing high-performing development teams.

This leadership role is perfect for someone from a banking, payments, or enterprise ERP software background who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and grow a team of backend engineers, setting a strong technical example through hands-on guidance and mentoring.
  • Oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of backend services powering high-volume transactional platforms.
  • Maintain and improve system performance, scalability, and resilience in a cloud-native environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Drive technical excellence across the team through code reviews, architectural guidance, and engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, architecture, DevOps, and QA to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and accountability within the development team.
  • Participate in recruitment and onboarding of backend engineers, ensuring alignment with team culture and capability goals.
  • 7+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with a minimum of 2+ years in a leadership or management role.
  • Strong hands-on coding experience in Java and Spring Boot—must have written production code in previous roles.
  • Proven ability to design and scale microservices-based architectures handling large volumes of transactions.
  • Experience working on complex systems in the banking, digital payments, or ERP domains.
  • Strong knowledge of REST APIs, distributed systems, data modeling, and both SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience mentoring junior and mid-level developers, with a demonstrated ability to grow technical talent.
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern CI/CD and DevOps practices.
  • Strong experience with Jira, BitBucket, GitHub

Preferred Qualifications
  • Exposure to PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, or other financial services compliance frameworks.
  • Experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions and influence decision-making.

Competitive compensation, A collaborative environment where your leadership makes real impact

Cutting-edge tech stack and cloud-native architecture, Professional growth opportunities, including leadership training and certification support.

About Youtap Limited

Youtap is a financial services software company based in New Zealand. Youtap was established in 2007 and provides banks, payment service providers, retail conglomerates, and mobile operators around the globe with the future of digital banking, payments, and financial services software and solutions. It has created a digital aggregation and processing backbone which connects its strategic partners – banks, telecom operators, and merchants – with a mass market of consumers. Youtap provides partners with secure, transparent peer-to-peer financial services utilizing traditional and distributed ledger processing to provide an interoperable layer between financial institutions, payment providers, and other companies providing financial services to merchants and consumers. Youtap's shareholders include Verifone (a leader in banking and payment technology) and Salim Group (one of the world's largest conglomerates). Youtap has offices in Auckland, New York, Jakarta, and Singapore.

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