Senior Backend Engineer

SCREENING EAGLE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SCREENING EAGLE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer based in Singapore to design, develop, and maintain the cloud application stack for Screening Eagle and Proceq tools. You will ensure resilience and robust service delivery.

Responsibilities include owning backend tasks, designing data structures, and deploying APIs and integrations, with a strong emphasis on testability and DevOps practices, while mentoring junior developers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong programming skills and solid DS/algorithms fundamentals.
• Strong system design and distributed systems knowledge.
• At least 2 years of AWS/GCP experience.
• At least 4 years backend development experience.
• Experience with SQL databases and high-performance queries.
• Experience with Redis or in-memory data stores.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps tooling.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Self-motivated, eager to learn, and open-source oriented.

Responsibilities

• Own backend tasks and collaborate with development teams.
• Strategically choose data structures and algorithms for business logic.
• Develop, test, document and deploy web APIs, batch jobs, webhooks, or integrations.
• Emphasize testability and robust testing practices.
• Document design decisions consistently.
• Adopt DevOps/tech-ops practices with automated tests, releases, and deployments.
• Mentor junior developers in the team.

Skills

Backend development

Data structures & algorithms

System design

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Self-motivated learning

Open-source involvement

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

GCP

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Ansible

Terraform

SQL databases

Job description

Based in Singapore, the Senior Backend Engineer is responsible in designing, developing and maintaining the cloud application stack for Screening Eagle and Proceq tools – ensuring resilience and robustness of the services.

What will you do

• Take ownership of the backend tasks and work closely with the development teams.
• Strategic choice of data structure and algorithms to design and implement the business logic.
• Develop, test, document and deploy web APIs, batch jobs, webhooks, or integrations based on the business requirements.
• Heavy emphasis on code testing and designing for testability
• Continuously document design decisions.
• Adopt best devops/tech-ops practices and make continuous automated testing, releases and deployments.
• Offer mentorship to junior developers in the team.

What do we expect

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent practical experiences.
• Possess strong programming skills, solid data structure and algorithm fundamentals.
• Possess strong system design and architecting skills with distributed systems.
• At least 2 years’ experience with AWS/GCP services and related cloud technologies.
• At least 4 years of practical backend development for real-world products in any language/framework, preferably in Go.
• Experience in SQL databases, writing schemas and designing high performance queries.
• Experience in in-memory key-value database like Redis.
• Deep technical understanding of scalability, resilience, high availability and the corresponding architecture, technologies and designs.
• Experience with devops/techops, like Jenkins gitlab CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform.
• Experience in Containerization and Orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Self-motivated and willing to learn new technologies continuously.
• Embrace the open-source community.