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What they do

StraitsX builds stablecoin rails for payments. A stablecoin is a digital token pegged to a currency. It issues XSGD, XUSD, and XIDR, pegged to the Singapore dollar, the US dollar, and the Indonesian rupiah. Businesses use its platform to issue cards, move money, and take QR payments. The Monetary Authority of Singapore licenses it as a Major Payment Institution.

What they value

• Collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement, which the Talent Community Posting names as the values of the team.
• Compliance by design: regulation, security, and risk management are part of the core systems.
• Removing complexity from money transfers, in traditional finance and in crypto, which is the mission.
• Stablecoin rails that are compliant, accessible, and always on.
• Using AI tools in daily work, which engineering, operations, and finance Postings ask for.

Where they hire

Of 26 Postings, 15 name Singapore. Taipei and Jakarta have 5 each, and Kuala Lumpur and Taichung have 4 each. Others name Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Vietnam, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Riyadh. No Posting is remote, and none states a remote policy. No Posting mentions visa sponsorship or the right to work.

Teams and roles

The board has 26 Postings. Half of them are in the Commercial team.

• Commercial: 13 Postings. These cover over-the-counter (OTC) sales managers and sales traders for large stablecoin trades, business development, account management, account onboarding, a Business Manager for cards and payments, a Sales Manager for the Gulf region, and an intern.
• Engineering: 5 Postings. These are a Backend Engineer and an Integration Engineer for card issuing, a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in Jakarta, and two software engineering interns.
• Product: a Product Manager for the payment platform in Jakarta, and a Senior Product Manager for global payments in Singapore.
• Compliance: a Compliance Manager for customer due diligence in Singapore, and a Financial Crime Lead in Jakarta.
• Operations, legal, and finance: a Product Operations Associate in Jakarta, a Commercial Legal Counsel on a 3-month contract, and a Strategic Finance Senior Manager.
• One Posting is a Talent Community for people who want to hear about future roles.

What they look for

Most Postings ask for experience in fintech, payments, banking, or digital assets. Many ask for knowledge of stablecoins or of card issuing. Compliance knowledge repeats outside the compliance team: sales Postings ask for a grasp of the rules on money laundering and on knowing your customer.

Engineering Postings name Golang, SQL with MySQL or MariaDB, RESTful APIs, and microservices. The Backend Engineer role asks for 5 or more years and for experience with financial systems in production. The Site Reliability role asks for Kubernetes, Terraform, one major cloud provider, and on-call experience. Several Postings ask for hands-on use of AI tools.

Language repeats too. The Integration Engineer role requires English and Mandarin. The Senior Account Manager role requires fluent English and Chinese. Other commercial Postings call Mandarin or Bahasa Indonesia an advantage.

Senior commercial roles ask for 7 years of sales experience and a record of sales above target. Product roles ask for 3 to 5 years in payments, and the ability to explain technical ideas to people outside engineering. The operations role asks for work in shifts, with weekends and public holidays.