# Engineering Manager, Unified API

About the Role We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Unified API group at StraitsX, overseeing two teams responsible for our core payment APIs, blockchain infrastructure, and agentic payment solutions. In this role, you will lead engineers and an Engineering Manager, driving technical strategy, engineering delivery, and system reliability across both teams. You will play a key role in shaping our backend architecture and advancing our engineering practices as we embrace AI-native software development. This is a technical leadership role that combines people management, architectural decision-making, and engineering excellence. While you won't be expected to contribute code daily, you will provide technical direction, establish engineering standards, and champion the adoption of AI-driven development practices to build scalable, secure, and reliable payment systems. What You Will Do Engineering Leadership & Team Development Lead and develop engineering teams responsible for core payment APIs, blockchain, and agentic payment solutions. Manage and mentor engineers and an Engineering Manager, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous im

- **Id**: 4226624
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/straitsx-engineering-manager-unified-api-2>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Singapore
- **Countries**: SG
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T06:13:14Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T14:15:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4824
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Blockchain Infrastructure, Crypto Payments, Stablecoins

## Company

- **Id**: 11688
- **Name**: StraitsX
- **Domain**: straitsx.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/straitsx>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T08:15:18Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 45
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T15:47:57Z

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