Senior Backend Engineer: Real-Time Search & Recommendations

Randstad Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Malaysia is seeking a seasoned backend engineer to design, build, and optimize search and recall services powering our gaming platform. You will work closely with the algorithm team to deliver fast, relevant real-time recommendations.

You will implement scalable backend architectures using Python, Node.js, Java, or Go, and apply vector search technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, Faiss, or LanceDB to handle real-time data.

Qualifications

• 5 years of backend development experience.
• Bachelor Degree of Computer Science.
• Associate Degree/Diploma in computing or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize core search and recall/ranking services to improve search conversion rates for the gaming platform.
• Develop user feature systems to power real-time game recommendations in close collaboration with the algorithm team.
• Build and maintain high-concurrency, high-availability backend architectures to ensure system stability and performance.
• Leverage search and vector technologies (such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, Faiss, or LanceDB) to handle real-time vector databases and search functionality.
• Implement scalable backend services using language-agnostic frameworks across Python, Node.js, Java, or Go.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

MySQL

AWS

Education

Bachelor Degree of Computer Science

Associate Degree/Diploma

Job description

Randstad Malaysia is seeking a seasoned backend engineer to design, build, and optimize search and recall services powering our gaming platform. You will work closely with the algorithm team to deliver fast, relevant real-time recommendations.

You will implement scalable backend architectures using Python, Node.js, Java, or Go, and apply vector search technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, Faiss, or LanceDB to handle real-time data.