Senior Software Engineer 19 days ago

Sinch; Philippines; Remote; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Annual leave

Medical insurance

Home internet allowance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Sinch ClickSend is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our product engineering squads and help build a modern messaging platform. You will lead technically, mentor peers, and ensure secure, reliable code through architecture decisions and reviews.

You will craft scalable systems, design API and data models, and oversee production deployment while maintaining high-quality software across services and microservices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of software engineering experience with a track record shipping production software.
• At least 3 years hands-on NodeJS and TypeScript experience.
• Strong knowledge of backend ecosystems including SQL/NoSQL databases and messaging brokers.
• Proven AWS expertise across ECS/Fargate, Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB/RDS/Aurora, SQS/SNS/Kinesis.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to enable the team to ship secure, reliable, well-tested, and maintainable code.
• Mentor colleagues through code reviews, architecture decisions, and non-functional concerns like security and performance.
• Drive team priorities, support stakeholders, and breakdown work effectively.
• Lead end-to-end delivery from design through production deployment and support.
• Architect and deliver complex, scalable solutions across varied situations.

Skills

NodeJS

TypeScript

AWS

Microservices

Testing

Tools

SQS

RabbitMQ

DynamoDB

RDS

Aurora

EC2

ECS/Fargate

Lambda

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Sinch ClickSend ClickSend is business communications software, enabling companies of all shapes and sizes to easily send and receive SMS, MMS, Rich Media, Email, Voice and even Post worldwide via our very intuitive web app, much loved API docs and thousands of integration partners. ClickSend has SMS at its core and powers billions of messages worldwide but has expanded to offer a richer suite of products, providing choice and context to business communications.

ClickSend is a SaaS product (well, more a CPaaS) focused on the SMB sector and has thousands of new customers sign up to its platform each month, and it's growing year on year. ClickSend is a global company, part of the Sinch Group with a strong foothold in Australia/NZ, USA/Canada and UK/Europe, but is used, and loved, by businesses all around the world. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll join one of our product engineering squads and help ClickSend build our exciting new modern messaging platform.

You'll provide deep technical leadership within and beyond your team, ensuring and growing the teams to deliver high quality solutions to our customers continuously and rapidly. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and direction to enable the team to ship secure, reliable, well-tested, and maintainable code to our customers

Take initiative to mentor and upskill colleagues through constructive feedback during code reviews, architectural decisions, and non-functional concerns including security, privacy, and performance Help drive the direction and priorities of the team, actively seeking ways to better support stakeholders and break down work effectively Recognised as a leader and clear expert in technical areas and components owned by the team

Be a strong role model who demonstrates collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence Lead end-to-end delivery of work - from technical design and architecture through to production deployment and support Independently architect and deliver complex, scalable solutions across a wide variety of situations

Champion quality within the team and establish processes to improve it over time The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes Minimum 7 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping and maintaining production software

At least 3 years of recent, hands-on experience with NodeJS and TypeScript Strong knowledge of backend ecosystems including SQL/NoSQL databases, messaging brokers (e.g., SQS, RabbitMQ), and common software design patterns Proven AWS expertise across core services including ECS/Fargate, Lambda, EC2 DynamoDB/RDS/Aurora, SQS/SNS/Kinesis etc

Hands-on experience architecting end-to-end systems - translating business requirements into full technical designs covering API design, data models, and infrastructure Experience designing and operating microservices and event-driven architectures built for scalability, resilience, and high performance Deep testing knowledge across unit, integration, and E2E testing with hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites integrated into CI/CD

Security-first mindset with experience building secure services and implementing best practices for observability and maintainability Actively leverages AI-powered tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) to improve productivity and accelerate development Passionate about mentoring engineers and communicating complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Collaborative, positive, and approachable - someone who adds to a "win together" team culture Excellent verbal and written English communication skills We dream big - for our company, our customers, and our employees - and we hire the best talent worldwide to help us bring our vision to life.

We have a local presence in more than 60 countries - probably somewhere near you! We are committed to building an engaged and talented workforce that represents an environment that is inclusive, supports flexibility and welcomes diversity. Our values of

Win Together ,

Keep it simple and Make it Happen

are the foundation for fostering an environment where diversity of thinking, skills and experiences are embraced, delivering innovation and better business results. We value our team by offering; WORK FROM HOME: Our flexible remote work offering allows you to work from home, where you can be the most productive and successful.

CELEBRATE YOU: By providing a day off for your birthday, we want you to take the time to celebrate the year your have had with your nearest and dearest. TAKE A BREAK: Enjoy a generous annual leave program. We value balance and understand that performance at work requires time to rest at home and/or rejuvenate on vacation.

STAY HEALTHY: We offer comprehensive market competitive medical insurance. A variety of supplemental plans are also provided to meet your individual needs. STAY CONNECTED: Receive a generous monthly home internet allowance.

CARE FOR YOURSELF: Take advantage of our free virtual counselling resources through our global Employee Assistance Program. Your mental health is as important as your physical health.