Founding Full-Stack Engineer / Tech Lead
MARS CONSULTING PTE. LTD.
Location: Singapore (on-site / hybrid)
Reports to: CTO & Founder
What Makes This Role Different
- You're employee-level early — real ownership, real equity, real influence over what we build and how.
- You'll work directly with our CTO. Architecture and technical direction are set together; you own execution, delivery, and the team on the ground.
- No bureaucracy. Decisions happen in a room (or a chat), not in a committee.
- You'll help hire and lead the engineers who come after you.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
- Own end-to-end full-stack delivery of our core product — from the payroll module to AI-powered workplace features.
- Turn product ideas into shipped, working features fast — and iterate based on real client feedback.
- Set engineering standards, run code reviews, and mentor and lead a small and growing engineering team.
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with the CTO on architecture, and with the founder on roadmap and priorities.
- Be the technical voice in cross-functional conversations — with product, with leadership, and sometimes directly with clients.
Requirements
1. Product mindset
- Treats the product's success as your own; focused on outcomes, not just task completion.
- Pushes back constructively when something doesn't serve the user or the business.
2. Leadership and communication
- Able to lead and mentor engineers — set direction, review work, and raise the bar without crushing morale.
- Communicates clearly across all levels — technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
- Able to keep a team aligned and moving independently.
3. Full-stack engineering experience
- Approximately 5 years of experience building real products as a product-minded engineer.
- Demonstrated track record of shipping end-to-end, not just maintaining existing systems.
- Comfortable across the stack: modern frontend (e.g. React / TypeScript), backend (e.g. Node.js or Python), relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), and cloud (AWS).
- Makes pragmatic engineering trade-offs — knows when to build it right and when to ship and iterate.
Nice to Have
- Domain experience in fintech, payroll, or HR tech.
- Experience integrating LLMs / AI into products (e.g. Claude or OpenAI APIs, MCP, agentic workflows).
- Early-stage or startup experience.
Tech Stack (Indicative, Not Rigid)
Frontend: React / TypeScript
Backend: Node.js or Python
DB: PostgreSQL
Cloud: AWS
AI: Claude / OpenAI APIs, MCP
What We Offer
- Founding-team role with meaningful equity.
- Direct, visible impact — what you build ships and reaches clients quickly.
- Salary commensurate with experience.
- Room to grow into a senior technical leadership role as the team scales.
