Singapore & Southeast Asia

Fintech recruitment in Singapore & Southeast Asia

Regional headquarters hiring for cross-border payments, digital assets and financial infrastructure.

Singapore functions as the regional headquarters for much of Asian fintech, which means the roles are frequently regional in scope even when the seat is local.

We recruit for payment companies, cross-border and remittance businesses, digital asset firms and financial infrastructure providers across Singapore and Southeast Asia.

What shapes hiring in this market

Regional scope changes the brief

A Head of Payments in Singapore is often covering multiple Southeast Asian markets with different rails and regulators. Screening for that breadth is different from screening for a single-market role.

MAS licensing shapes compliance hiring

Payment Services Act licensing categories drive the compliance and risk headcount a business actually needs, and candidates with direct MAS experience are a distinct and much smaller pool.

Local hiring quotas and pass considerations

Employment pass requirements and local hiring expectations affect who is realistically hireable. This belongs in the plan at briefing, not at offer.

How we cover Singapore

Hirra recruits into Singapore and the wider Singapore & Southeast Asia region. We work remotely across these markets rather than from a local office, which we mention because plenty of recruitment websites imply otherwise.

Expertise in this market

Payments — Engineers and leaders who have actually run money movement — acquiring, issuing, settlement, reconciliation and scheme integration.
Fintech — Talent for neobanks, lending, remittance, wealthtech, regtech and the infrastructure underneath them.
Risk & Compliance — MLROs, compliance leadership and financial crime specialists — including regulator-approved and controlled-function appointments.
Product & Commercial — Product managers, partnerships and revenue leaders who can sell and build regulated financial products.

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