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.