Senior Backend Engineer - Java Microservices & Kafka

FPT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

FPT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd seeks an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design and build high‑performance, scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and a microservices architecture. The role requires deep distributed systems knowledge and hands‑on delivery in regulated enterprises.

You will implement RESTful APIs, event‑driven components, ensure observability, and collaborate with DevOps on Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of backend engineering experience in large-scale enterprise systems.
• Bachelor's/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, and modern JVM patterns.
• Build microservices following clean architecture, domain‑driven design (DDD), and asynchronous design principles.
• Implement RESTful APIs, event‑driven components, and backend modules that meet business and technical requirements.
• Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, fault tolerance, and low latency.
• Design data models, queries, and schemas optimized for performance and maintainability.

Skills

Java 11/17

Spring Boot

Kafka

Microservices

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

JUnit/Mockito

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

FPT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd seeks an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design and build high‑performance, scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and a microservices architecture. The role requires deep distributed systems knowledge and hands‑on delivery in regulated enterprises.

You will implement RESTful APIs, event‑driven components, ensure observability, and collaborate with DevOps on Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments while mentoring junior engineers.