About WeChat
With over 1.2 billion users worldwide, WeChat is changing the mobile landscape by connecting people, services, and businesses in China and around-the world. The WeChat team in Singapore is responsible for managing and growing our core product including messaging and social networking for users worldwide (excluding the Chinese mainland).
Join the WeChat team and play an impactful role in keeping people around the world connected, help redefine how people use their mobile devices to communicate and interact online, and understand user behavior and preferences of users worldwide.
About the Role
WeChat is seeking software engineers with expertise in backend and web frontend development to join the team. Candidates should already have experience in traditional 3-tier architecture (presentation, application, database), fullstack web development experience via a Node.js framework (Vue.js preferred) in addition to traditional software development experience in a compiled language such as Golang/C/C++/Rust. The role will work closely with data scientists, data engineers, security engineers, test engineers, DevOps engineers, and project managers to help develop internal tools and security systems for keeping WeChat users worldwide safe.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design, development and testing of WeChat user security processe
- Responsible for the design, development, and testing of WeChat&aposs internal tools and platforms
- Participate in requirements review, solution formulation, and solution review to meet project requirements
- Keep abreast of best coding practices, writing high quality code and be able to deliver & test system functions
- Responsible for identifying and debugging system issues, and continuously improve existing services to enhance system performance and stability
- Responsible for creating and maintaining technical documentation
- A team player with strong communications skills to collaborate with relevant teams on projects
Job Requirements
- More than 3 year of work experience in software development. Background in safety, risk control, and audits preferred
- Expertise with full-stack web development on a Node.js framework (Vue.js preferred) with mainstream databases (MySQL/MariaDB, Postgres), caching technology (Redis) and common middleware such as Kafka and MQ
- Development experience in compiled language, backend development using C/C++
- Familiar with commonly used system tools in the Linux environment including troubleshooting problems related to CPU, memory, and network I/O
- Solid programming foundation, follows best practices, and has a sense of responsibility, and passion in computing and state-of-the-art technologies
- Strong logical and critical thinking skills, good communication skills, and ability to understand and convey requirements accurately
- Fluency in both English and Mandarin required to collaborate with stakeholders based in HQ and globally
