Backend Engineer – AI-Driven Digital Banking

Shopee; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopee, a leading e-commerce group, seeks a backend engineer to design, build and optimize digital banking backend services and infrastructure. You will contribute to high-performance, scalable systems and collaborate with product teams to translate business needs into robust technical designs.

The role emphasizes modern frameworks, databases, and AI-aware development, with opportunities to explore AI-driven improvements in banking workflows and developer productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field.
• Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, networks, OS.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go/Java/Python/C/C++).
• Familiar with web frameworks, RPC, and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize digital banking backend services and platforms.
• Contribute to server-side architecture for high-performance, secure systems.
• Translate business needs into technical design with product teams.
• Optimize performance, stability, and concurrency in banking workloads.
• Develop internal tools, automation, and workflows to boost efficiency.
• Explore AI technologies and their applications in banking contexts.
• Leverage AI-assisted coding methodologies to improve delivery.

Skills

Backend

Golang

Java

Python

C/C++

Gin

gRPC

Spring Boot

Django

Flask

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Kubernetes

AI interest

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/AI

Tools

Redis

Kafka

Kubernetes

MySQL

gRPC

Spring Boot

Django

Flask

Job description

Shopee, a leading e-commerce group, seeks a backend engineer to design, build and optimize digital banking backend services and infrastructure. You will contribute to high-performance, scalable systems and collaborate with product teams to translate business needs into robust technical designs.

The role emphasizes modern frameworks, databases, and AI-aware development, with opportunities to explore AI-driven improvements in banking workflows and developer productivity.