Backend Engineer

First Circle

📍 Maynila, Metro Manila, Philippines

Full-time Other-General Posted February 28, 2026

Job Description

First Circle is one of the fastest growing fintechs in South-East Asia, providing financial services to under-served SMEs. We have already transformed access to credit for thousands of small businesses in the Philippines, and we are now building a full-stack Neobank from scratch that will include multi-currency bank accounts, payments, FX, corporate credit cards, payroll.

We have just raised Series B, led by the IFC (the World Bank's investment arm), and we are hiring mid to senior level backend developers to supercharge our growth.

What's different about engineering at First Circle?

  • Building in developing markets like the Philippines presents unique challenges, given the state of digital infrastructure. We are building virtually everything in-house, which is not easy, but its a lot of fun. We have a track record of solving seemingly impossible problems that defeated many other start-ups, and the opportunity ahead remains enormous.
  • We already hav...