Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of complex backend systems and distributed services
- Partner cross-functionally with engineers, PMs, designers, and non-technical stakeholders to drive projects from concept to launch
- Architect, build, and evolve API frameworks and platform capabilities used across multiple teams
- Produce clean, modular, well-tested, and high-performing code and abstractions
- Identify, diagnose, and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues
- Champion engineering best practices and drive consistency across the codebase
- Participate in-and help elevate-the team's code review process
- Clearly communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and project updates to diverse audiences
- Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of growth and high performance
- Take end-to-end ownership of major projects, including requirements clarification, design, execution, and rollout
Qualifications and Skills
- 7+ years of full-time engineering experience, ideally in high-scale, high-complexity environments
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering backend architectures from the ground up
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, API design, and performance tradeoffs
- Hands-on engineering experience with several of the following: TypeScript, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, React, AWS
- Skilled in software engineering best practices: design patterns, testing strategies, observability, code quality, and secure development
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills able to explain complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives, drive alignment, and influence technical direction
- High degree of ownership, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to operate with urgency when needed
- Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and understanding of security principles and common attack vectors
- Candidate must be based in Singapore and possess valid work authorization (e.g., PR or equivalent eligibility to work in Singapore)
