Emerging Technologies Engineer

In Maybank, we are seeking a hands-on engineer to support the Emerging Technologies function within the FinTech & Emerging Tech CoE.  

This role focuses on adapting and building new technologies including digital asset and tokenization capabilities, delivering high-impact experiments and scalable reference architectures aligned with the bank’s strategic priorities.  

You will work across engineering, experimentation, and business collaboration to translate emerging technologies into practical, enterprise-ready solutions. 

Key Responsibilities 

Engineering and Platform Development  Design, build, and integrate software and infrastructure for emerging technology initiatives, including blockchain-based solutions, smart contracts, APIs, and microservices. 

• Develop reference architectures and standards in line with security, cryptographic, and enterprise architecture policies and best practices. 

• Work hands-on with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code to support emerging technology workloads. 

• Develop tools as needed to support automation and maintenance across the emerging technology SDLC. 

Experimentation and Prototyping 

• Build PoCs and MVPs with a clear path to productionization, ensuring design decisions account for scalability, security, and operational constraints from the outset 

• Run small, high-impact experiments to validate use cases and identify quick wins. 

• Set up and manage sandbox and test environments. 

• Document outcomes and recommend scaling approaches. 

Collaboration and Technology Evaluation 

• Work with business stakeholders to assess solution maturity and use-case applicability, including build vs buy vs partner assessments and RFI / RFP / RFQs. 

• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into technical designs and working solutions. 

• Contribute to defining architecture patterns, governance frameworks, and design standards for digital asset implementations. 

Scaling and Operationalization 

• Evolve PoCs into enterprise-grade solutions with production readiness (e.g., resilience, scalability, security). 

• Develop tools and playbooks for continued support and maintenance of deployed assets (e.g., monitoring, testing, forensics). 

• Enable integration with external ecosystems, marketplaces, and digital asset networks. 

Document and track technology debt and key business continuity risk items with defined action plans. 

Role requirements

• 6-15 years of experience in software engineering and architecture. 

• Hands on expertise in building and delivering solutions on DLT platforms (Ethereum, Hyperledger, Corda) 

• Experience developing production-grade Digital Assets solutions, such as tokenization platforms, lifecycle management, custody solutions, compliance / risk management systems, interoperability protocols, etc. 

• Strong programming skills (e.g., Java, Typescript / NodeJS, Python, Go, Solidity and / or Rust). 

• Experience in scalable API, WebSocket, Microservices, Event-Based and Cloud-Native architectures. 

• Experience working with various emerging technologies across infrastructure to application layers. 

• Hands-on experience with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code tooling (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD systems) 

• Practical understanding of applied cryptography and secure system design, particularly in regulated or financial environments. 

• Strong problem-solving capabilities and ability to operate in agile, fast-paced experimental environments. 

• Effective communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.