Charlie Koh
Engineering · Alpha Trade
Charlie Koh
Head of Software Development

Koh Weng Cheon is a highly accomplished software engineer whose breadth of technical expertise spans the full stack of modern financial technology infrastructure. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National University of Singapore — one of Asia’s foremost engineering institutions — providing a rigorous quantitative and systems foundation upon which a versatile engineering career has been built.

Throughout his career, Charlie has delivered complex, production-grade systems across a diverse range of domains, including e-wallet transaction processing, payment terminal infrastructure, forex trading back-office systems, and social care and networking platforms. This cross-sector experience equips him with a rare ability to architect and deliver robust solutions under the demanding performance, security, and compliance requirements characteristic of regulated financial services environments. Charlie additionally has strong development experience understanding and building automated trading strategies for external Fund Managers.

At Alpha Trade, Charlie contributes directly to the firm’s core trading and execution infrastructure, applying his expertise in microservice architecture, cloud-native deployment, and high-performance backend engineering to support the reliability and scalability demands of an institutional liquidity platform. His command of both system design and hands-on implementation makes him a critical asset in the firm’s continued technology-led growth.

Academic Qualification
First Class Honours
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Institution
National University of Singapore
Faculty of Engineering
Specialisation
Full-Stack Financial Systems
Microservices · Cloud Infrastructure · Trading Platforms
Backend Development
CJavaGo
Frontend Development
PHPVue.js
Scripting & Automation
Python
Infrastructure & DevOps
Terraform
Microservice Deployment
YAMLKustomizeHelm
Financial Systems Architecture Payment Infrastructure Forex Bafa-Office Systems Microservice Design Cloud-Native Deployment Full-Stack Engineering e-Wallet & Digital Payments

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