Senior Backend Engineer - Payment Platform

NORTHERN POINT TECHNOLOGY II PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Point Technology II Private Limited is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to lead the development of high-concurrency distributed systems such as ShopeePay E-wallet and the acquisition platform. The role requires deep expertise in Golang, Python, and Java, along with hands-on work on MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Nginx.

You will architect scalable backends, optimize performance, and build internal tools to automate systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems.
• 5+ years of full-time backend experience.
• Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems with focus on reliability and API automation.
• Hands-on experience with backend stacks including Golang, Python and Java.
• Knowledge of MySQL, Redis, Kafka, Nginx and common RPC frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of ShopeePay E-wallet and acquisition system/platform across multiple tech stacks.
• Serve as expert on systems design, performance optimization, reliability, and refactoring for high concurrency platforms.
• Design inter-system architecture and define balanced technical solutions.

Skills

Golang

Python

Java

Distributed systems

APIs

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Nginx

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/CE/IS

Job description

Job Description:

Leading the development of ShopeePay E-wallet and acquisition system/platform, using cutting-edge technologies across multiple tech stacks.

Acting as an experienced expert on various aspects such as large scale distributed system design, system performance optimization, system availability, system refactoring, etc.

Design inter-system architecture for high concurrency platforms.

Defining well-thought-out and balanced technical solutions.

Build internal tools and automate internal systems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems.
• Prior minimum 5 years of full time working experience as a backend engineer.
• Strong technical background in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems. Focusing on improving reliability and API automation.
• Strong hands on experience with backend tech stacks such as Golang, python, and Java.
• Strong knowledge of common tech stacks such as databases (MySQL) and typical middlewares (Nginx, Redis, Kafka, etc.), common RPC frameworks, etc.