Computer Software Engineer (Junior Level)

Xiaomi Technology; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Xiaomi Technology Singapore is seeking a Computer Software Engineer to join the Database & Storage Infrastructure team, building and maintaining large-scale distributed database and storage platforms.

You will research, design, and implement software, analyze requirements, and work with hardware teams to optimize performance. The role involves automation, on-call rotations, and collaboration across Mandarin-speaking stakeholders and regional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a computer-related field.
• Familiar with TCP/IP, data structures, algorithms, and OS concepts.
• Proficient in at least one of Golang, Java, Python, or Rust.
• Strong communication in Mandarin and English for cross-regional work.
• Unix/Linux experience and database system familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop software for large-scale database and storage systems.
• Analyze requirements and develop software solutions using CS and engineering principles.
• Update and test software; validate database and storage services.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to optimize performance.
• Build tooling for monitoring, capacity planning, backup, and incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotations and production incident remediation.

Skills

Golang/Java/Python/Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science/IT/Software Engineering

Tools

Unix/Linux

Databases

MySQL

Redis

MongoDB

HDFS

HBase

Job description

We are looking for a Computer Software Engineer to join our Database & Storage Infrastructure team in Singapore, supporting our distributed database and storage platforms.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop computer and network software, and specialized utility programs, to manage large-scale database and storage systems.
• Analyze user and system requirements, and develop software solutions by applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
• Update software, enhance existing software capabilities, and develop and direct software testing and validation procedures for database and storage services.
• Work with computer hardware engineers to integrate hardware and software systems, and contribute to performance specifications.
• Build tooling and automation for monitoring, capacity planning, backup, and incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotations and production incident remediation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Programming & Systems Analysis, Science (Computer Studies), or Software Engineering.
• Familiar with TCP/IP, Data Structures, Algorithms and other protocols, and have good knowledge of operation system, network, database, computer architecture.
• Basic understanding of database concepts (indexing, transactions, ACID, MVCC, Raft, sharding, CAP, high availability).
• Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Golang/Java/Python/Rust.
• Ability to communicate in Mandarin and English, in order to support coordination and collaboration with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders, teams, and business partners across regional markets.
• Familiar with Unix/Linux operating systems and networking is preferred.
• Experience in MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, HDFS, HBase is preferred.