Senior Backend Engineer - Azure Cloud & APIs

Sitecore; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sitecore, a leader in digital experience software, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend services powering our cloud platforms. You will work with product managers, architects, QA, and other developers in a distributed, international environment.

This senior individual contributor role emphasizes technical ownership, system design, and delivery quality, with opportunities to mentor peers and contribute to engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong backend development experience with C# / .NET (.NET Core and/or .NET Framework).
• Proven experience designing and consuming HTTP APIs (REST, GraphQL, or both).
• Solid understanding of OO design, asynchronous programming, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Azure Cosmos DB or other distributed NoSQL data stores.
• Practical experience with containerization (Docker) and familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Experience designing, building, or maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Git and modern branching strategies.
• Experience with relational databases (SQL Server).
• Proven experience writing unit and integration tests.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted developer tools in a modern workflow.
• Ability to work effectively in distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, ship, and maintain production‑grade backend services.
• Develop APIs that encapsulate business logic and hide platform complexity.
• Build services on Microsoft Azure using cloud‑native patterns.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, QA, and other engineers.
• Mentor other developers through code reviews and technical discussions.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Write high‑quality, testable code with strong test coverage.
• Refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical designs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Contribute to engineering best practices and tooling.

Skills

Backend development

C# / .NET

REST/GraphQL APIs

Azure

Cosmos DB

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

SQL Server

Unit & integration testing

AI-assisted tools

Distributed teams

English communication

Tools

Azure Cosmos DB

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Sitecore, a leader in digital experience software, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend services powering our cloud platforms. You will work with product managers, architects, QA, and other developers in a distributed, international environment.

This senior individual contributor role emphasizes technical ownership, system design, and delivery quality, with opportunities to mentor peers and contribute to engineering best practices.