Backend Engineer - Marketplace, Order Operations (2027 Graduate)

Shopee; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopee in Singapore is seeking a capable software engineer graduate to join the Marketplace Order Operations team. You will help realize business goals by building features for returns, refunds, and settlement workflows, and design distributed systems for high performance.

You will collaborate with Product Managers, QA, and Operations Engineers to deliver scalable backend services, with exposure to AI paradigms such as LLM tool calling and multi-agent frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, graduating between December 2026 and May 2027.
• Proficiency in Golang, Python, C++, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Realizing business goals through implementing features for Shopee as a platform, including return and refund workflows.
• Designing and building distributed systems optimized for performance, availability, and user experience.
• Writing high-quality, clean, and maintainable code with engineering best practices (unit testing, version control, CI, automation, design patterns).
• Researching and executing projects to enhance system functionalities and shared middlewares.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impact.

Skills

Golang

Python

C++

Java

Agentic AI paradigms

Data Structures & Algorithms

Networking

OS fundamentals

Distributed systems

Caching mechanisms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Redis

Kafka

MySQL

Protocol Buffers

REST/HTTP

Job description

About The Team

Shopee will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Shopee sponsorship of a visa. Kindly note that you can only be considered in one recruitment process at a time within Sea Group and will be considered for jobs in the order that you have applied.

The Marketplace Order Operations team powers the critical order related features of Shopee as a platform through innovation and technology. In our pursuit to shape the way buyers and sellers connect with each other, we engineer scalable, reliable and extensible systems that evolve with the dynamic e-commerce landscape. As we scale to the next engineering frontier for the global market, we continuously solve unique challenges such as multi-market architecture design, highly sustainable systems, and core functional capabilities for the department. Our tech leaders take responsibility for products, define engineering roadmaps, and work with cross-functional teams to achieve excellence in product performance and technical sustainability.

Job Description

• Realizing business goals through implementing features to Shopee as a platform, including but not limited to return and refund, and clearing and settlement.
• Designing and building distributed systems optimized for performance, availability, and user experience.
• Writing high-quality, clean, and maintainable code and respecting engineering best practices (unit testing, source control, continuous integration, automation, design patterns, etc.)
• Researching, proposing and executing projects to enhance system functionalities, development processes, and shared middlewares.
• Collaborating in a highly cross-functional environment with fellow Software Engineers, Product Managers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Operation Engineers to deliver impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or a higher degree in Computer Science or related fields, graduating from December 2026 to May 2027 Familiar with commonly used languages, such as Golang / Python / C++ / Java
• Familiarity with or strong interest in agentic AI paradigms—including LLM tool calling/function execution, multi-agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain/LangGraph), and retrieval-augmented backend architectures is strongly preferred
• In-depth understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms, Networking, OS and other Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiar with commonly used Databases, such as MySQL
• Familiar with commonly used middlewares, such as Redis and Kafka
• Familiar with HTTP/TCP/XML/JSON/Protocol Buffers
• Familiar with distributed systems, performance tuning, massive concurrency handling, and caching mechanisms