Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Microservices & Reliability

minden.ai; Singapore; Remote; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

minden.ai is seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to help build scalable backend services and distributed systems for millions of users in Southeast Asia. You will own full software lifecycle from ideation to deployment, collaborating with Product, Design and other engineers to deliver reliable, secure, high-performance solutions.

You should have at least 5 years of backend development experience, strong debugging skills, and comfort with Kubernetes, containers and cloud-native tech.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of hands-on backend development experience.
• Experience delivering software systems for millions of users.
• Experience debugging distributed systems and optimizing performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable backend services and distributed systems.
• Own full SDLC from ideation to deployment and maintenance.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineers to deliver quality solutions.
• Participate in system architecture discussions balancing scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Build and maintain APIs, microservices, and data pipelines for large-scale products.
• Partner with QA and DevOps to embed quality, observability, security, and operational excellence.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems debugging

Performance optimization

CI/CD familiarity

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Cloud-native technologies

Data processing pipelines

Event-driven architectures

Job description

minden.ai is seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to help build scalable backend services and distributed systems for millions of users in Southeast Asia. You will own full software lifecycle from ideation to deployment, collaborating with Product, Design and other engineers to deliver reliable, secure, high-performance solutions.

You should have at least 5 years of backend development experience, strong debugging skills, and comfort with Kubernetes, containers and cloud-native tech.