Backend Engineer

TECHKNOWLEDGEY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Singapore is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and maintain backend systems in the B2B SaaS sector. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with FastAPI, Postgres, and microservices architecture. This role involves collaborating with frontend teams and improving backend services to support data infrastructure at scale. Opportunities for growth and innovation are available within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in backend technologies.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining mission-critical backend applications.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and data pipelines.
• Architect scalable microservices and APIs for data handling.
• Work closely with frontend teams to integrate systems.

Skills

FastAPI

Airflow

Postgres

MongoDB

Kafka

Microservices Architecture

Event-driven Architectures

Automated Testing Practices

Job description

We're looking for a Backend Engineer with a signature client of ours in the B2B SaaS industry.

They are looking for an individual with a strong foundation in backend architecture and data infrastructure to help build and scale the core systems that power their platform. You'll be part of a high-impact team working and your work will directly shape how their platform ingests, processes, and serves data at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and data pipelines that support our backend system which powers their platform
• Architect scalable microservices and APIs to handle large volumes of data relating to millions of assets belonging to our clients and how they can be compromised
• Work closely with frontend engineers and product teams to integrate backend systems with the user interface and reporting layers
• Continuously improve our systems, from deployment to monitoring, as they scale rapidly

Ideal Experience:

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in the following
• Backend: FastAPI, Airflow
• Database: Postgres, MongoDB
• Message Queues: Kafka
• Strong experience designing and maintaining mission-critical backend applications using microservices architecture
• Proficiency in working with both relational (e.g. Postgres) and non-relational (e.g. MongoDB) databases
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, event sourcing, and managing asynchronous data processing at scale
• Comfortable writing clean, testable code and applying automated testing practices
• Experience working with data workflows and asynchronous task queues (e.g. Kafka, Airflow, etc)
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced startup environments, showing a strong sense of ownership and initiative
• A can-do attitude with the willingness to take on ambiguous challenges, wear multiple hats, and drive projects forward independently

It would be a bonus if you have:

• Experience working with large-scale data processing or streaming systems, especially for security analysis
• Familiarity with data engineering tasks like building ETL pipelines and schema versioning
• Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD tooling for automated deployment and monitoring
• Familiarity in Cloud-based services & able to leverage Cloud-based services as part of service deployments
• Prior work in an Agile, DevOps-driven engineering culture