AI-Powered Automation Backend Engineer

Wati Dot I O; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Wati in Hong Kong seeks an Agentic Engineer – Automation Focus to join the Automation Squad and help build, scale, and support backend systems powering automation for customers worldwide. You will develop backend services, APIs, workflow logic, and supporting systems to automate messaging journeys and orchestrate experiences at scale, using AI agents and Cursor in day-to-day development.

This role suits engineers who enjoy backend problem-solving, distributed systems, end-to-end ownership, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend development skills (Go or Python preferred).
• Hands-on experience with one or more backend languages such as C#, GoLang.
• Experience building APIs, backend services, and data-driven application logic in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs for Wati’s Automation domain.
• Implement scalable workflow and automation capabilities, including triggers, actions, execution flows, and orchestration logic.
• Develop production-ready systems using Go, Python, C#, and MongoDB across the stack.

Skills

Backend development

Go

Python

C#

MongoDB

Distributed systems

Observability

AI tooling

Tools

Cursor

React Flow

MongoDB

Job description

Wati in Hong Kong seeks an Agentic Engineer – Automation Focus to join the Automation Squad and help build, scale, and support backend systems powering automation for customers worldwide. You will develop backend services, APIs, workflow logic, and supporting systems to automate messaging journeys and orchestrate experiences at scale, using AI agents and Cursor in day-to-day development.

This role suits engineers who enjoy backend problem-solving, distributed systems, end-to-end ownership, and