Senior Software Engineer Ii - Backend (Driver Api)

At Lalamove, we believe in the power of community. Millions of drivers and customers use our technology every day to connect with one another and move things that matter. Delivery is what we do best and we ensure it is always fast and simple. Since 2013, we have tackled the logistics industry head on to find the most innovative solutions for the world’s delivery needs. We are full steam ahead to make Lalamove synonymous with delivery and on a mission to impact as many local communities we can. We have massively scaled our efforts across Asia and now have our sights on taking our best in class technology to the rest of the world. And we are looking for talented professionals to join us in this journey!!

The Driver API team at Lalamove is responsible for building the API gateway connected to diversified core business domains for Driver Mobile App in global markets. The team focuses on creating a high-performing, reliable, scalable, and sustainable ecosystem to offer high-quality interactions to our mobile clients.

As a Senior Software Engineer II (equivalent to Staff Engineer) of this team, you are someone who is experienced in scaling large complex systems and handling complex system designs. Join us if you enjoy working in a high-growth environment and scaling software architecture to serve users across the world!

What you'll do:

• Lead the design and architecture of a high-performance API gateway prioritizing scalability, reliability, maintainability, and efficiency
• Provide engineering insights for the team roadmap and technical direction and lead the team to success
• Continuously improve the system stability
• Influence and collaborate with stakeholders to adopt team goals and roadmaps
• Optimize existing services to get ready for any new upcoming product requirements
• Write high-quality, maintainable, testable, and high-performing code
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering a positive engineering culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
• Collaborate with engineering teams, product teams, and operational teams to create high quality solutions to new requirements from stakeholders
• Explore feasibility of AI technologies to increase productivity

What you'll need:

• 6+ years hand-on experience in backend development with a post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields
• Possess a solid foundation in Java, with in-depth understanding of JVM configuration optimization strategies, tuning, IO, multi-threading, concurrent frameworks, common data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
• Strong programming (we mainly use Java with a bit of PHP) and debugging skills
• Proficiency in Kafka, Redis and MySQL
• Experience with designing and building large-scale microservices architecture, handling high concurrency, and optimizing performance
• Proficiency in code refactoring and architecture design, able to indicate trade-offs for different solutions
• Embrace architectural simplicity, code readability, and maintainability
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, e.g. Working across teams and organizations on large technical initiatives
• Experience with working in a cross-functional team solving complicated business and technical challenges
• Can-do attitude. Not afraid of critical/difficult issues
• Be flexible, grow, and learn quickly in a startup environment
• Good communication of written and spoken English