# Backend Engineer - Platform Engineering

Why PayNet / Why Now Strengthen backend platforms critical to onboarding participants into Malaysia's payment ecosystem Scale and stabilize systems as onboarding volumes, complexity, and integration demands increase Reduce long-term operational and performance risk through better backend architecture and design Own backend decisions that directly affect platform reliability, security, and partner experience TL;DR Design and own backend services that underpin critical participant onboarding platforms Build scalable, secure, and high-performance systems used at national scale Operate as a self-directed technical owner - identify problems, propose solutions, and drive them to production with minimal handholding Set the code review bar and technical delivery standards for the team Actively coach junior engineers through their day-to-day work, not just in passing Why This Role Matters Backend systems directly impact the reliability and scalability of national payment onboarding Poor architectural decisions create long-term operational risk and rework Senior engineers set the technical bar for quality, performance, and security Strong backend ownership enables faster delivery without com

- **Id**: 1274973
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/paynet-backend-engineer-platform-engineering>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Malaysia
- **Countries**: MY
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-26T01:11:32Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T01:28:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 46
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- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 2112342
- **Name**: PayNet
- **Domain**: paynet.my
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/paynet-my>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: BrioHR

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-26T01:11:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 15
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.424
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 45
- **Expected fill days**: 11
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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