Backend Developer

Tech Aalto Pte ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Aalto Pte ltd in Singapore is seeking a Software Engineer to act as a technical expert within a squad, driving design, implementation and delivery of products owned by the squad.

The role emphasizes building scalable backend systems in Java/Spring Boot, leadership, and mentoring of junior engineers to elevate engineering excellence and impact for the public good.

Qualifications

• Experience with large, high-availability software systems.
• Backend engineering using Java and Spring Boot.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Passion for engineering excellence and teamwork.
• Interest in contributing to public good.
• Experience coaching junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Take an active role in delivering product and engineering goals for the squad.
• Deliver high-quality, maintainable software systems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to software engineers.
• Influence team direction toward high-priority initiatives.
• Establish practices and tools to maximize engineering effectiveness.
• Independently manage external dependencies related to work items.
• Collaborate with leaders to craft long-term technical roadmaps and update them regularly.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Public good interest

Job description

What you will be working on:

As a Software Engineer, you will play the role of a technical expert in one of our squads. Additionally, you will drive the design, implementation & delivery of one or more products owned by your squad.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Taking an active role in team delivery of product and engineering goals.
• Delivering high-quality, maintainable, and reusable software systems.
• Making technical contributions, and providing technical leadership to software engineers by coaching and mentoring through engineering best practices.
• Influencing team direction towards achievement of high-priority initiatives (to maximize our impact on the public good)
• Establishing practices and tools to encourage a strong engineering culture and maximize engineering effectiveness and impact.
• Independently managing external (to the team) dependencies related to your work items.
• Working with other leaders to create a long-term technical plan and roadmap for the assigned squads, and for other squads as needed. Updating the roadmap regularly to meet future product/business needs and infrastructure requirements.

What we are looking for:

• Experience working on reasonably large, high-availability software systems that have operated at scale.
• Experience in modern web application technologies; experience in modernback-end engineering on Java and Spring Boot.
• Have a strong sense of what it means to be a technical leader, particularly as it relates to the suite of soft skills beyond just your technical chops.
• Passion towards engineering excellence; you deeply understand that software engineering is a team sport, and you take pride in the craftsmanship aspect of software engineering.
• Passion towards working for public good with interest.
• Interest and experience in coaching and growing junior engineers.