Backend Engineer, Marketplace Platform

Shopee; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Shope e in Singapore is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to contribute to the marketplace platform by building scalable features such as returns, refunds, and settlement. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and a focus on user experience across distributed systems.

Ideal candidates have 1+ year of backend experience and are proficient in Golang, Python, C++, or Java. Familiarity with MySQL, Redis, and Kafka, plus interest in agentic AI paradigms, are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• At least 1 year of backend experience.
• Familiar with Golang, Python, C++, Java.
• Interest in agentic AI paradigms such as LLM tool calling, multi-agent frameworks, and retrieval-augmented architectures preferred.

Responsibilities

• Realizing business goals through implementing features to Shopee as a platform, including returns and refunds, and clearing and settlement.
• Designing and building distributed systems optimized for performance, availability, and user experience.
• Writing high-quality, clean, and maintainable code with unit testing, source control, CI, and automation.”
• Researching, proposing and executing projects to enhance system functionalities, development processes, and shared middlewares.
• Collaborating in a cross-functional environment with Software Engineers, Product Managers, QA Engineers, and Operations Engineers to deliver impact.

Skills

Golang

Python

C++

Java

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Job description

Shope e in Singapore is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to contribute to the marketplace platform by building scalable features such as returns, refunds, and settlement. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and a focus on user experience across distributed systems.

Ideal candidates have 1+ year of backend experience and are proficient in Golang, Python, C++, or Java. Familiarity with MySQL, Redis, and Kafka, plus interest in agentic AI paradigms, are highly valued.