Backend Engineer with 2+ years of experience building high-scale FinTech and payment systems at Ant International (Alipay). Specialized in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and distributed transaction systems supporting e-wallets and cross-border payments. Experienced in designing reliable, fault-tolerant backend services, handling high-throughput transactions, and collaborating with global, distributed teams. Strong understanding of payment flows, system scalability, and compliance-driven architectures.

Lim Choon Kiat

Backend Engineer with 2+ years of experience building high-scale FinTech and payment systems at Ant International (Alipay). Specialized in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and distributed transaction systems supporting e-wallets and cross-border payments. Experienced in designing reliable, fault-tolerant backend services, handling high-throughput transactions, and collaborating with global, distributed teams. Strong understanding of payment flows, system scalability, and compliance-driven architectures.

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Backend Engineer with 2+ years of experience building high-scale FinTech and payment systems at Ant International (Alipay). Specialized in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and distributed transaction systems supporting e-wallets and cross-border payments.

Experienced in designing reliable, fault-tolerant backend services, handling high-throughput transactions, and collaborating with global, distributed teams. Strong understanding of payment flows, system scalability, and compliance-driven architectures.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Work Experience

Backend Software Engineer at Ant International (Alipay)
September 1, 2024 - Present
Contributed to large-scale microservices projects in E-Wallet (Alipay) and payment networks (Alipay+) using Spring Boot, Message Queue, Scheduler, and MySQL. Led a team of 2 backend engineers to deliver a customer support chat workflow with notification features, integrating ReactJS, Spring Boot, and MySQL. Redesigned scheduler task workflows, achieving a 20% reduction in API call costs.
Associate Consultant - Java Backend Developer at InnoQB Sdn Bhd
December 1, 2023 - August 1, 2024
Refactored and optimized 400+ APIs to ensure compatibility with client’s new e-commerce project. Actively participated in daily scrum meetings, providing progress updates and contributing to technical discussions for enhancements and user requirements. Resolved production issues promptly, ensuring system stability and minimizing downtime.
Software Engineer Intern at Malaysia Social Entrepreneur Foundation (MSEF)
June 1, 2023 - October 1, 2023
Collected user requirements and created use cases to support effective technical solutions. Redesigned and documented UI/UX workflows for the organization’s websites using Figma and Microsoft Word, improving usability and clarity.
Software Engineer Intern at CrimsonLogic Malaysia Sdn Bhd
October 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Modified and tested existing test code for 50+ test cases and perform regression automation testing using Selenium.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Hons) Software Engineering at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
May 1, 2020 - October 1, 2023

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services