StraitsX is hiring a Software Engineer Intern - Card Issuing Team in STX - Engineering (Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan).
About the Role
Card Issuing Team provides APIs for businesses to launch their card program without having to go through the long PCI DSS process.
Key Responsibilities
Our goal is to build a Card Issuing platform for South East Asia enabling Merchants to easily create their own debit/credit card products. We are building a zero-to-one product therefore there are a lot of gaps, but also opportunities for contributions
Key Responsibilities
- -Working with third party APIs to enable local and global payments for the cards
- Building reliable and scalable systems. Managing downtimes and migrations
- Build and maintain APIs exposed externally for businesses to issue visa cards
- Design and develop internal tools for business operations, including day to day platform management and transactions reporting
What We Are Looking For
- Interested in bringing to life a zero-to-one product that is first to market in the region
- Knowledge of iterative, sprint based product development style
- Knowledge in Golang
- Knowledge of Git and GitHub
- Knowledge of RESTful APIs
- Knowledge of microservices
- Knowledge of SQL, database design and tuning of database performance
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Knowledge of GraphQL
- Knowledge of queue systems
Learning Outcomes
- Working knowledge in Golang, and MySQL
- Learn to manage small to mid sized engineering projects, prioritization and choosing the highest projects to work on
About StraitsX
StraitsX, founded in 2020 in Singapore as the stablecoin arm of payments company Xfers, issues XSGD and XIDR — the leading regulated Singapore dollar and Indonesian rupiah stablecoins licensed as a Major Payment Institution under Monetary Authority of Singapore oversight. Created by Xfers founders Tianwei Liu and Victor Liew, the platform powers cross-border B2B payments, on-off ramps and DeFi integrations through partnerships with DBS and regional banks. Focused on Southeast Asian compliance and banking rails, StraitsX enables programmable money movement for fintechs and institutions without handling user custody directly. Headquartered in Singapore at Ayer Rajah Crescent, the team bridges traditional finance and on-chain settlement with careful licensing. The culture values regulatory craft, payments reliability and building compliant stablecoin infrastructure for Southeast Asia.