Senior Executive - Java Backend Developer

Modernization: Upgrade Java 8→21 and Spring Boot 2.x→3.x with refactoring for maintainability, testability, and performance.

Security: Harden JWT issuance/rotation, Spring Security RBAC, secrets management, and auditability.

API & Integration Stewardship: Design/maintain RESTful APIs; integrate reliably with third-party/internal systems where specs are incomplete.

Database Stewardship: Analyze undocumented MySQL schemas; optimize queries; derive ERDs; plan and execute migrations safely.

Transaction Reliability: Implement idempotency, retry/backoff, circuit breaking, and deterministic state transitions for money flows.

Observability & Operations: Implement structured logging, metrics, tracing, and audit trails; define SLOs/error budgets with alerting and dashboards.

Documentation & Reviews: Produce ADRs, architecture diagrams, runbooks; perform AI-assisted code reviews against quality gates and coverage targets.

Agile Delivery & Collaboration: Deliver to sprint commitments across multiple products; provide clear estimates; surface risks early; collaborate with QA/Product/Frontend.

Release Engineering: Maintain CI/CD pipelines, feature flags, and safe rollout/rollback strategies.

To be eligible for this role, you will require:

Proficiency in modern Java (11/17/21) and Spring Boot 3.x (Web, Security, Data JPA).

Spring Security + JWT; REST API design; Hibernate/JPA expertise.

MySQL performance tuning, indexing, and schema design/migration.

CI/CD pipelines with quality gates, static analysis, unit/integration testing, and containerization (Docker).

Observability stack familiarity (logging, metrics, tracing) and incident response basics.

Ability to reverse-engineer undocumented business logic and resolve dependency conflicts.

Merchantrade Asia is a licensed Malaysian Money Services Business (MSB) operator and Payment Services Provider (e-Money), headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The company offers e-Money services and full range of Money Services products which include international money transfers, foreign currency exchange and wholesale currency trading.

Merchantrade Asia is also a Mobile Telecommunications operator conducted under its wholly owned subsidiary, Valyou Sdn Bhd offering pre-paid mobile data and voice services. Notable shareholders in Merchantrade Asia are Celcom Axiata Bhd and Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation.

As we continue to expand regionally and globally by creating footprints of our presence in the digital and fintech space, we continue to seek for digital-minded and innovative non-box thinkers to join our dynamic team and culture in growing Merchantrade.

“Nations are developing at a pace we never thought possible, creating opportunities across countries. When opportunity seekers are in a new country, the most reassuring feeling is to know that the ones closest to them are safe. Merchantrade began by giving people the opportunity to hear the voices of their loved ones. And today, with our shareholders Celcom Axiata and Sumitomo Corporation, we have expanded the business to include new and innovative ways for millions of people to stay in touch with their loved ones.”

Read about our Managing Director :

https://www.frost.com/frost-perspectives/movers-shakers-interview-with-ramasamy-k-veeran-founder-and-group-managing-director-of-merchantrade-asia/.

Additional Information

We provide a safe and healthy working environment that is stimulating and collaborative, where employees are empowered to make a real difference. We place our people at the heart of everything we do. We understand that if we provide our people with the ultimate experience, they will provide the ultimate experience to our customers.

We Also Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package Including:

Competitive salaryCompany healthcareMedical & insurance coverages

Merchantrade Asia is a licensed Malaysian Money Services Business (MSB) operator and Payment Services Provider (e-Money), headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The company offers e-Money services and full range of Money Services products which include international money transfers, foreign currency exchange and wholesale currency trading.

Merchantrade Asia is also a Mobile Telecommunications operator conducted under its wholly owned subsidiary, Valyou Sdn Bhd offering pre-paid mobile data and voice services. Notable shareholders in Merchantrade Asia are Celcom Axiata Bhd and Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation.

As we continue to expand regionally and globally by creating footprints of our presence in the digital and fintech space, we continue to seek for digital-minded and innovative non-box thinkers to join our dynamic team and culture in growing Merchantrade.

“Nations are developing at a pace we never thought possible, creating opportunities across countries. When opportunity seekers are in a new country, the most reassuring feeling is to know that the ones closest to them are safe. Merchantrade began by giving people the opportunity to hear the voices of their loved ones. And today, with our shareholders Celcom Axiata and Sumitomo Corporation, we have expanded the business to include new and innovative ways for millions of people to stay in touch with their loved ones.”

Read about our Managing Director :

https://www.frost.com/frost-perspectives/movers-shakers-interview-with-ramasamy-k-veeran-founder-and-group-managing-director-of-merchantrade-asia/.

Additional Information

We provide a safe and healthy working environment that is stimulating and collaborative, where employees are empowered to make a real difference. We place our people at the heart of everything we do. We understand that if we provide our people with the ultimate experience, they will provide the ultimate experience to our customers.

We Also Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package Including:

Competitive salaryCompany healthcareMedical & insurance coverages