Senior Software Development Engineer

KNOWLEDGESG GLOBAL PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Singapore is looking for a Senior Technical Architect with over 7 years of experience in backend development. The ideal candidate will design and implement large-scale distributed systems using microservices architecture. You should have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Kubernetes, along with experience in REST/SOAP services and CI/CD. This role offers an opportunity to drive technical excellence and best practices in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend architecture and development.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience deploying microservices with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale distributed systems.
• Translate business requirements into scalable designs.
• Define best practices and reusable implementation patterns.

Skills

Java 8+

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST & SOAP services

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Here is a short and crisp JD:

Senior Technical Architect – Java Microservices (7+ Years)

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale distributed systems using microservices architecture.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure technical designs.
• Define best practices, standards, and reusable implementation patterns.
• Lead architecture decisions focusing on performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Drive accelerators/tools to improve delivery quality.
• Identify design risks and recommend optimal solutions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in backend architecture and development.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java 8+, Spring Boot, Microservices.
• Experience with REST & SOAP services, Spring Cloud, and API Gateways.
• Knowledge of messaging/event-driven systems: Kafka, JMS, MQ.
• Experience deploying microservices on Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of Swagger/OpenAPI, OAuth, and secure coding (PCI).

Good to Have

• MSSQL performance tuning, Rules Engines (Drools/iLog).
• TIBCO migration experience.
• Gaming/Hospitality domain exposure.

Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kubernetes, REST/SOAP, Kafka