Backend Software Engineer, distributed systems
Location: Singapore
Function: Backend Engineering / Distributed Systems
Levels: up to Principal/Staff Engineer level
About The Role
- Join a rapidly scaling global consumer internet platform with hundreds of millions of users across content, community, e-commerce, and advertising ecosystems.
- Singapore is a key hub for building global-facing systems and infrastructure as the company accelerates international expansion.
- The role focuses on developing high-performance backend systems to support overseas users and enable efficient platform scaling across regions.
- Work on core backend services, addressing challenges in distributed systems, high concurrency, and cross-region architecture.
- Collaborate with globally distributed teams to deliver impactful solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Backend Development for Global Business
- Develop and maintain backend systems supporting international business across Singapore and global markets.
- Enable efficient iteration and scalable expansion of overseas operations.
Architecture & Core System Design
- Participate in technology selection and architecture design of core backend modules.
- Build high-performance, highly available distributed systems.
- Ensure systems are stable, scalable, and low-latency.
- Optimize for cross-region deployments and high-concurrency workloads.
Cross-Functional Global Collaboration
- Collaborate closely with globally distributed teams, including product, operations, frontend engineers, backend engineers, and QA/testing teams.
- Drive efficient delivery of international projects.
- Continuously optimize systems post-launch.
Requirements
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field.
- Minimum 2+ years of backend development experience.
- Experience with international business systems and overseas user-facing products is preferred.
Programming & Engineering Fundamentals
- Proficient in at least one programming language: Java or Go.
- Strong code design capability, coding standards, and discipline.
- Experience applying design patterns to improve engineering efficiency, reduce system complexity, and lower long-term maintenance cost.
Core Technology Stack
- Strong understanding of MySQL, Redis, RocketMQ/Kafka, and ElasticSearch.
- Familiar with core principles and real-world application scenarios.
- Open-source contributions are a plus.
Distributed Systems Expertise
- Strong understanding of distributed system design.
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture.
- Experience with service governance, including service discovery, configuration management, traffic routing, observability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
- Experience in high-concurrency system design and performance optimization is preferred.
Ownership & Collaboration
- Strong sense of ownership and business awareness.
- Ability to take end-to-end responsibility for complex business modules.
- Excellent cross-team and cross-region collaboration skills.
- Ability to drive problem-solving effectively and operate in a fast-paced, international environment.
Language Requirements
- Ability to work effectively in an English-speaking environment (written and spoken); Mandarin is a plus.
- Comfortable collaborating with global teams.
Location Requirement
- Singapore Citizens / PRs will be prioritized.
Why This Role
- Build backend systems for a global platform at massive scale.
- Work on high-concurrency, distributed systems serving international users.
- Exposure to cross-region architecture challenges such as latency, consistency, and scaling.
- Direct impact on global product expansion and user growth.
- Strong engineering culture with exposure to modern backend and microservices architecture.
- Due to volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
EA Licence No.: 25S3232
EA Personnel Reg. No.: R1874604
EA Personnel Name: Kenneth Ho
