Senior software engineer
Building reliable backend systems and product experiences that hold up in production.
Brendan Siow · Senior Software Engineer
Senior software engineer focused on backend systems, product delivery, and pragmatic engineering. I work comfortably across Golang services, payment infrastructure, mobile platforms, and supporting web stacks — with a preference for clean architecture, reliable execution, and products that feel solid in production.
Focused on engineering that ships
Backend-first, comfortable across adjacent frontend and mobile work.
Focus
Location
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
About
Backend-first, product-aware, delivery-minded
Who I Am
Senior software engineer focused on backend systems, product delivery, and pragmatic engineering. I work comfortably across Golang services, payment infrastructure, mobile platforms, and supporting web stacks — with a preference for clean architecture, reliable execution, and products that feel solid in production.
8+
Years shipping
3
Product environments
20+
Technologies
32
GitHub repos
Experience
Experience at a glance
Senior Software Engineer
- Build and maintain scalable Golang services with proper unit and integration testing.
- Contribute to Data Registry and Data Access Manager within MB.OS, improving how internal data is documented, governed, and accessed.
- Designed APIs and metadata flows that support EU Data Act compliance work.
- Improved search and performance in data-heavy workflows using OpenSearch and SQL optimization.
Senior Software Engineer
- Built and enhanced payment platform features using Golang and Echo, with selected Next.js frontend work.
- Maintained merchant-facing and admin-facing portals, reporting flows, Open API support, and integration documentation.
Senior / IT Specialist
- Delivered fintech products across Flutter, React Native, React, Angular, and Java Spring Boot stacks.
- Worked on regional investment apps, backend APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and mobile release processes.
Selected Work
Selected product work
A few representative projects across platform engineering, payments, and fintech delivery.
Data Registry & Data Access Manager
MB.OS platform work centered on data governance, discoverability, legal metadata, and controlled access. I contributed on the backend side, including search, performance, and compliance-oriented API design.
Project context
Production-facing engineering with real users and delivery constraints.
Tech stack
Revenue Monster Payment Platform
Worked on the payment gateway and surrounding merchant tooling, covering portal enhancements, reporting flows, Open API support, low-code checkout integration, and payment method expansion across cards, wallets, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
Project context
Production-facing engineering with real users and delivery constraints.
Tech stack
iFAST Global Markets (IGM)
Regional investment app delivery involving Flutter implementation, backend coordination, CI/CD, stakeholder collaboration, and release operations across mobile platforms.
Project context
Production-facing engineering with real users and delivery constraints.
Tech stack
FSMOne
Supported modernization and migration work for a regional wealth product, including mobile UI implementation, state management, and legacy logic transition.
Project Management System
An internal intranet application built with Angular and Java Spring to support project operations with structured state and enterprise UI workflows.
Personal Portfolio
A SvelteKit-based personal site built to present experience, selected work, and technical strengths in a cleaner and more deliberate format.
Community
Activity & Events
Hackathons, community events, and side-project highlights.
Vibathon / VHACK 2025
Participated in the Vibathon / VHACK 2025 hackathon, building an AI-powered interview analysis application that helps candidates practice and receive feedback on their interview performance. The project leveraged natural language processing to analyse responses and provide actionable insights.
Project context
AI interview coaching tool with real-time feedback
Key highlights
Team size
Collaborative team effort
Event
Vibathon / VHACK 2025
Achievement
Selected as Top 6 Finalists among competing teams, recognising the project's innovation and technical execution.
Learning
Education and credentials
Education
Bachelor (Hons) in Software Engineering
Asia Pacific University
First Class Honours
Completed a software engineering degree with first class honours.
Diploma in Information Technology (Software Engineering)
Asia Pacific University
CGPA 3.85
Diploma focused on software engineering fundamentals and practical delivery.
Secondary School
SMK Taman Connaught
Achieved 7A in SPM
Completed secondary education with strong academic performance.
Certificates
Bachelor (Hons) in Software Engineering
Asia Pacific University
ID: First Class Honours
Diploma in Information Technology (Software Engineering)
Asia Pacific University
ID: CGPA 3.85
SPM
SMK Taman Connaught
ID: 7A Achievement
Capabilities
Skills and technical range
Frontend
SvelteKit
React
Angular
Next.js
Flutter
Ionic
HTML
CSS JavaScript
Backend
Golang
Java
Spring Boot
PHP
gRPC REST API Design
Database
SQL DBMS
Hibernate ORM
OpenSearch
DevOps & Tools
Git
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Jenkins
Firebase ContainerizationLanguages
Technical Snapshot
Contact
Open to strong product and engineering work
If you are hiring, building something ambitious, or looking for an engineer who can move across backend, product, and delivery, feel free to reach out.
Best fit
Backend engineering, platform work, and product delivery
I am most valuable where reliable systems, practical decision-making, and product-minded execution matter. That includes backend-heavy roles, platform teams, fintech and payment products, and cross-functional engineering work.