Backend API Engineer: Secure 5G & Cloud Platforms

ST Engineering Geo+Insights & Satellite Systems; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology and engineering group in Singapore is seeking a Backend API Developer to enhance cybersecurity solutions. Responsibilities include design and optimization of 5G-aligned APIs, ensuring secure data workflows, and implementing real-time threat detection. Candidates should possess strong expertise in Docker/Kubernetes, API security, and data-driven system design. This role offers a dynamic environment fostering innovation and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Encouraging culture for continuous learning

Collaboration across teams

Industry-leading cybersecurity solutions

Qualifications

• Expertise in Docker/Kubernetes for designing, deploying, and scaling containerised services.
• Experience securing RESTful/gRPC APIs with OAuth2, JWT, and rate-limiting frameworks.
• Strong background in data-driven system design (e.g., time-series databases, stream processing).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on database schema design for managing high-volume datasets.
• Build RESTful/gRPC APIs compliant with 3GPP standards to interface with 5G core components.
• Implement real-time correlation & threat detection using Kafka Streams.

Skills

Docker/Kubernetes expertise

Data-driven system design

Proficiency in Git

Strong communication skills

Tools

Apache Kafka

Git

Job description

A global technology and engineering group in Singapore is seeking a Backend API Developer to enhance cybersecurity solutions. Responsibilities include design and optimization of 5G-aligned APIs, ensuring secure data workflows, and implementing real-time threat detection. Candidates should possess strong expertise in Docker/Kubernetes, API security, and data-driven system design. This role offers a dynamic environment fostering innovation and continuous improvement.