Web Lead, Solution Architect

• Feb 2021 - Present

Principal Solutions Architect & Product designer

• Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

FlowyPay is a B2C Fintech (payments) start-up that delivers a multi-currency e-wallet for consumers to perform local and overseas payments with a social angle. https://www.flowypay.com # As an Architect: Designed and lead the adaption of cloud serverless architecture. Utilizes AWS managed services and google cloud firebase to achieve a scalable, cost-effective architecture that is secure, reliable, and flexible. Actualize DevOpsSec processes using various best practices such as Infrastructure as Code, Test-driven and Trunk-based Development, with observability and monitoring baked into the structure. Achieved our vision of "Deploy anytime, anywhere, whenever we want to". Mentored a team of engineers to accustom software design principles (SOLID) into different components, hence achieving writing of clean, maintainable code. Cultivate the team with a mindset of constant refactoring, taking small iterative steps to better architecture. #As a Product designer: I am the sole designer that created design guidelines & principles and a design system—key consideration on ensuring a unified characteristic and behaviour across different platforms. Design user flows with the target audience in mind and adopted micro-interaction in the design process. Show less

Co-founder, Lead Architect

• Aug 2014 - Jun 2020

CFT is a B2B fintech startup that offers white-labelled SaaS front and back-office platforms for FX brokerage firms to manage their operations and allow their customers to manage their trading accounts and rebate payouts. Provided technical consultation to engineers to build a flexible, extensible architecture that easily configurated for different requirements using operation toggles. On 2018, together with the team of engineers, the architecture is enhanced to use a multi-tenant architecture—changes from silo VM instance per forex broker, to a SaaS. Show less

Solutions Architect

• Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

Part of the smart nation initiative to improve citizen quality of lives through technologies. The project involves federating commercial data with government data for financial use cases. Designed cloud serverless architecture using AWS managed services focus on security, reliability, scalability and flexibility. Coaches a team of engineers to design and work on a cloud serverless architecture that involves both commercial and government use cases. Coordinate with different commercial partners and formulate a solution to federate commercial and government data for financial use cases. Show less

Founding Member, Lead Architect

• Dec 2016 - May 2019

Koku makes it easy for non-bank money transfer operators and liquidity providers to tech-up, scale, and streamlines any money transfer and FX business needs with our FX TechUP Suite of solutions. Successfully raised US$2M from the venture firm of Tencent's Co-Founder and ex-COO, Jason Zeng. Designed a software architecture with four streams of development, with both onshore and offshore teams. Koku makes it easy for non-bank money transfer operators and liquidity providers to tech-up, scale, and streamlines any money transfer and FX business needs with our FX TechUP Suite of solutions. Successfully raised US$2M from the venture firm of Tencent's Co-Founder and ex-COO, Jason Zeng. Designed a software architecture with four streams of development, with both onshore and offshore teams.

{Full stack} + scrum master

• Apr 2010 - Jul 2014

Lead a team of 10 software engineers to develop mission critical web application for a Singapore statutory board (DSTA). Lead a team of 10 software engineers to develop mission critical web application for a Singapore statutory board (DSTA).

Co-Founder, Accounts, Programmer

• Sep 2008 - Mar 2010

Ensure company strategic positions and broadcast a collective identity across all communication platforms. Ensure company strategic positions and broadcast a collective identity across all communication platforms.

HRIS Specialist

• Jun 2007 - Aug 2008

Maintaining quality and consistent human resource information, and ensure that all actions and activities are in compliance with current Human Resource policies and guidelines. Maintaining quality and consistent human resource information, and ensure that all actions and activities are in compliance with current Human Resource policies and guidelines.