Principal Backend Architect for Scalable Growth

Delivery Hero; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Learning and development

Job summary

foodpanda, part of the Delivery Hero Group, seeks a Principal Backend Software Engineer to lead backend systems for the Transaction Tribe. You will design scalable services, mentor colleagues, and drive innovative solutions across cross-functional teams to grow customer engagement and retention.

The role emphasizes architecture, APIs, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure with a focus on high performance and reliability across global markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent education.
• 10+ years of backend engineering experience with scalable systems and distributed architecture.
• Strong Go expertise and deep understanding of APIs and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture, scalable services, and API development.
• Mentor engineers and influence engineering strategy across teams.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and frontend teams to support growth initiatives.
• Drive performance tuning, observability, and system reliability.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Microservices

API design

CI/CD

Mentorship

Performance tuning

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Databases

Caching

Message queues

Event-driven

APIs

Job description

foodpanda, part of the Delivery Hero Group, seeks a Principal Backend Software Engineer to lead backend systems for the Transaction Tribe. You will design scalable services, mentor colleagues, and drive innovative solutions across cross-functional teams to grow customer engagement and retention.

The role emphasizes architecture, APIs, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure with a focus on high performance and reliability across global markets.