Junior Backend Engineer

Foodpanda; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Foodpanda is hiring a backend engineer to design and implement features used across the global platform. You will contribute to scalable systems and collaborate with cross-functional, international teams to manage priorities and deliverables.

You will enforce coding standards, lead code reviews, implement automated tests, and work with cloud environments and CI/CD. You will apply design patterns for reliability, improve performance, and ensure the platform scales with growing demand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 1 year of backend development experience.
• Experience with architecture, design patterns, algorithms, and automated tests.
• Familiarity with microservices and scalable systems.
• Strong English communication in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features used across the global platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional, international teams on priorities and deliverables.
• Evolve system architecture to meet current needs and future growth.
• Enforce coding standards and implement automated testing to ensure reliability.

Skills

Backend development

Software architecture

Design patterns

Unit testing

Integration testing

CI/CD

Cloud experience

Communication in English

Agile teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SQL databases

Distributed databases

Microservices

Automated testing

CI/CD tools

Relational databases

Testing frameworks

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing the features which will be used across the global platform.
• Collaborate within cross-functional, international teams to manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, driving holistic solutions.
• Contributing to designing and evolving the system architecture to meet current needs and support future growth and technologies.
• Enforcing coding standards and conducting thorough code reviews to maintain high-quality codebase. Implement automated testing frameworks to catch bugs early and ensure software reliability.
• Good understanding and independent application of cloud environment, CI/CD, testing and validation.
• Independently applies design patterns and best practices in reliability management (resiliency, autoscaling, monitoring, alerting).
• Identifying and resolving complex technical issues in software and infrastructure, continuously optimising for performance and scalability.

What you need to be successful

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 1 year of working experience in backend development.
• Practical experience with software architecture, design patterns, design principles, algorithms, and writing automated tests (unit, integration, and functional).
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and patterns, aiding in the development of scalable and maintainable systems, is a strong plus.
• Solid understanding of relational and distributed databases (normal forms, ACID, isolation levels, index anatomy & concepts of distributed databases).
• Experience with the software development lifecycle and collaboration within cross-functional, international agile teams.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.