Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Microservices on AWS

Activate Interactive; Singapore; On-site; SGD 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun working environment

Wellness program

Govt projects

Development framework & growth

Job summary

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd in Singapore invites a backend engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will design, build, and maintain server-side logic, databases, and APIs powering the COMPASS platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.

You will develop microservices, integrate with external systems, manage relational and NoSQL databases, implement monitoring and security best practices, and collaborate with frontend teams, data teams, and stakeholders in an Agile

Qualifications

• Experience in backend software development and building enterprise-grade applications.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices, and backend integration services.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including query optimization, and data integrity management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the server-side logic, databases, and APIs powering the COMPASS platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure backend services, APIs and integration components.
• Design and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Integrate with upstream and downstream systems, devices, and data sources.
• Manage relational and NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data integrity.
• Develop data processing, transformation, and analytics services.
• Implement application monitoring, logging, and observability features to support system reliability and operational troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and integration issues to ensure service reliability and performance.
• Work closely with frontend engineers, data teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver technical solutions.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and other security best practices in backend systems.
• Support testing, deployment, and production operations activities.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, and participate in peer code reviews.
• Maintain technical documentation and system design artefacts.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate effectively with team members to deliver solutions and support knowledge sharing across the project team

Skills

Python

Node.js

Java

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Cloud AWS

Docker Kubernetes

CI/CD

Agile

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

CI/CD

Job description

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd in Singapore invites a backend engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will design, build, and maintain server-side logic, databases, and APIs powering the COMPASS platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.

You will develop microservices, integrate with external systems, manage relational and NoSQL databases, implement monitoring and security best practices, and collaborate with frontend teams, data teams, and stakeholders in an Agile