Senior Backend Engineer: Java, Kafka & Microservices

fpt asia pacific pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

FPT Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build high-performance backend services using Java 11/17, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices.

You will craft scalable systems with clean architecture, implement RESTful APIs, and ensure observability and testing. Strong grounding in distributed systems, JVM performance, and regulatory environments is required. Collaboration with Product, QA, Architecture, and DevOps will drive real‑time integration and reliable

Qualifications

• 6–10 years backend engineering experience in large-scale systems.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java 11/17, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud.
• Build microservices following clean architecture and DDD with asynchronous design principles.
• Implement RESTful APIs, event-driven components, and backend modules meeting requirements.
• Optimize performance, scalability, fault tolerance, and low latency.
• Design event-driven flows using Kafka and ensure message integrity and idempotency.
• Build streaming integrations for real-time analytics and collaborate with data stores (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis).
• Contribute to tests (unit, integration, contract, performance) with JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers.

Skills

Java 11/17

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Kafka

Microservices

API design

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

CI/CD

Security (OAuth2/OIDC)

mTLS/Secrets management

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

Testcontainers

Job description

FPT Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build high-performance backend services using Java 11/17, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices.

You will craft scalable systems with clean architecture, implement RESTful APIs, and ensure observability and testing. Strong grounding in distributed systems, JVM performance, and regulatory environments is required. Collaboration with Product, QA, Architecture, and DevOps will drive real‑time integration and reliable