Product Engineer - Backend Focused

Sea; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sea is seeking a backend engineer to own services and APIs from design through production, and to contribute to frontend changes when needed to ship complete product features.

As an AI-native team, you will translate stakeholder needs into robust AI-powered workflows, collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers, and ensure scalable, secure solutions with clean, well-tested code and thorough documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in CS or related field.
• Strong CS fundamentals and problem-solving.
• Hands-on fullstack backend-focused experience with Go or Python.

Responsibilities

• Own backend services and APIs from design to production.
• Translate stakeholder needs into robust AI-powered workflows.
• Develop backend services and APIs integrated with frontend apps.
• Leverage AI-native engineering practices to accelerate delivery.
• Plan and support infrastructure, deployment, and readiness.
• Continuously improve performance, reliability, and developer efficiency.

Skills

Go

Python

RESTful APIs

HTML/CSS/JS

AI-assisted tools

Web security

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About the Team

We are a team of self-motivated and forward-thinking product and engineering experts, committed to continuously raising the bar across product, technology, and development practices to drive efficiency and success across the company.

About the Team

We are a team of self-motivated and forward-thinking product and engineering experts, committed to continuously raising the bar across product, technology, and development practices to drive efficiency and success across the company. As an AI-native team, we embrace the best AI tools and practices to accelerate how we work, think, build, and innovate. Beyond adopting AI in our daily workflows, we actively develop AI-powered capabilities that enhance productivity, improve decision-making, and unlock new possibilities for the workplace. With our mission to strengthen organizational capabilities through future-forward workplace solutions, we strive to become the go-to team for building the best enterprise products and shaping the next generation of intelligent workplace experiences.

Job Description

• Own backend services and APIs from design through production, and contribute to frontend changes when needed to ship complete product features
• Translate stakeholder needs into robust technical solutions and AI-powered product workflows, spanning estimation, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring to improve user experience, productivity, and ways of working across the organization
• Develop and integrate backend services and APIs with frontend applications, working closely with product managers, designers, other engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver complete product experiences
• Leverage AI-native engineering practices, including AI-assisted development, agentic programming, and harness engineering, to accelerate delivery while writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with strong ownership of quality through reviews and documentation
• Plan and support infrastructure, deployment, and operational readiness for new features and services
• Continuously improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and developer efficiency

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related field
• Passionate about coding, innovation, and solving challenging problems
• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networks, and databases
• Hands-on fullstack (Backend Focused) development experience through professional work or internships, using Go, Python, or similar languages
• Familiarity with OOP, RESTful API design, relational database design, and caching systems
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript sufficient to contribute to user-facing features
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools, or a demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new engineering tools thoughtfully
• Experience in web security and designing or developing large-scale distributed systems is preferred
• Knowledge of React, Angular, Vue and deep web performance is preferred