Lead Engineering Manager for Singapore based Asset Management Fintech

Lead Engineering Manager for Singapore based Asset Management Fintech

About the Company:

Torre Capital is a VC-Funded Fintech based out of Singapore focused on disrupting the Asset Management Industry. We are backed by prestigious VC firms and a network of angels and industry leaders, with over 18 months of runway. We are creating new ways to interact and service High Net Worth Individuals using latest tech and analytics interventions. Torre Capital was started by professionals (Mckinsey, Accenture, Flipkart, PayU, CIMB) with 50+ years of experience in Digital Business Build and Asset Management.

Job Description:

We are creating a full-stack technology team and looking for an Engineering Lead to head the tech platform development and the tech team. Working together with the co-founders, you will decide the revised tech stack, talent to be hired, and best practices to be put in place.

We are building a solution that deploys elements of tokenization using blockchain, ML driven portfolio selection and risk management, and a proprietary alternate secondary market for illiquid securities.

What we care about

You should have prior experience leading a team of developers having gone through the entire cycle of hiring, developing, deploying, succeeding/failing, repeat.

Hands on experience, knowing good practices at each stage of development such as TDD, CI/CD, Unit/Integration/E2E tests.

You love technology and all aspects of it. You are a constant learner not because you need to, but because you want to.

You understand finance, specifically areas of Asset Management, PE/VC, and private banking.

You know how to spot good talent and nurture good talent. You believe time spent on training is time well spent.

You know how to budget for the tech stack and the team you need.

You are not afraid to call out other senior staff when they commit mistakes. You are as much part of the strategic decision making as the co-founders.

Nothing lasting ever gets built in a few months. You believe in building to last, and don’t mind additional effort today to prepare for tomorrow.

Values – customer satisfaction before bottom-line. Employee health before deadlines. Family before everything else.

What we don’t care about

Project managers – we hate middle management

Big egos

Any kind of politics or hierarchy

Your gender, sexual orientation, clothes you wear, what you do outside of work.

Key requirements:

Minimum 2 years in a Head of Engineering/Lead Engineer role with a startup. Overall, between 5-10 number of years of tech experience.

BE/ BTech or MTech/ Dual degree in Computer Science/Software engineering or similar from a Tier 1 institute

Strong fundamental knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns and network protocols.

Ability to define and deploy the right tech stack for a fintech organization

Blockchain implementation experience preferred

Experience with actual product launch and adoption

Experience with Agile methodologies. Experience with Agile methodologies and IT budgets to assess technological performance

What you can expect from us?

A competitive above market salary. We want you to focus on your growth, and the best way is to not have you worry about operational expenses

Complete independence of operations

A Bonus that improves as company performance ticks up

Significant career growth opportunity to a CTO position