Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven Payments

Shopee; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopee is seeking a backend-focused engineer to design and build payment and financial systems with high concurrency and reliability. The role blends backend architecture, distributed systems, payment security, data integrity, and disaster recovery, with only basic frontend work expected.

You will apply AI-driven coding tools across the lifecycle, contribute to AI-native practices, and participate in end-to-end delivery from design to production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building scalable backend services, distributed systems, or high-volume transaction systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-concurrency, highly available, and high-performance payment and financial systems.

Skills

Golang

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Payment systems

AI tooling

AI testing

Cloud platforms

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Linux

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Linux

Cloud platforms

Job description

Shopee is seeking a backend-focused engineer to design and build payment and financial systems with high concurrency and reliability. The role blends backend architecture, distributed systems, payment security, data integrity, and disaster recovery, with only basic frontend work expected.

You will apply AI-driven coding tools across the lifecycle, contribute to AI-native practices, and participate in end-to-end delivery from design to production.