Senior Software Engineer - Messaging

ZENDESK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Singapore is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Agent Workspace Messaging Team. The role involves working on next-generation messaging platforms and scalable systems while collaborating closely with product and design teams. Ideal candidates have experience in Java, Python, or similar languages, along with strong troubleshooting skills and a commitment to best practices.

Qualifications

• Proven record in Software Engineering with capabilities in major web programming languages.
• Experience with building scalable, distributed systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills using metrics, logs, and traces.

Responsibilities

• Work on the next-generation Messaging platform backend serving millions of users.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager, Team Lead, and Designer for technical insights.
• Mentor junior members and evangelize coding best practices.

Skills

Java

Python

Ruby

Go

JavaScript

NodeJS

React

Tools

Kafka

GraphQL

gRPC

Job description

Overview

Zendesk is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Agent Workspace Messaging Team.

As part of the Chat & Messaging product office in Singapore, you and the team would be focused on empowering our customers to provide a best-in-class messaging experience for their users. You would be involved in delivering a revamped customer messaging experience that will eventually culminate in the realisation of an omni-channel customer engagement product.

You will be working with a group of young and dynamic engineers on developing a highly-response web-based application. You will learn about a well-structured web frontend architecture and the backend services to support it. You will work closely with the product team and UX designers to improve the current workflows or implement exciting new features.

Senior Software Engineers at Zendesk are expected to be hands-on technologists who could contribute to application development directly, contribute to the design and implementation of projects, and be involved in technical discussions beyond their teams. You should love finding simple solutions to complex problems, and care about not only the technical and algorithmic aspects of large systems, but the way they enable other developers to do their jobs. You should have previous experience with web infrastructure, distributed systems, or component-oriented software engineering.

What you get to do every day

• You’ll be working on the next-generation Messaging platform backend serving millions of users daily.
• You'll be helping us build modern and impressive experiences on our Agent Workspace product.
• We're looking for engineers who are not afraid of touching every layer of our technical stack. The teams working on each feature are small and working in bi-weekly sprints to meet achievable deliverables, so there is a lot of meaningful collaboration.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager, the Team Lead and the Designer to provide technical insights and early estimates on the assigned project.
• Take the lead on technical design discussions and propose innovative solutions.
• Ensure scalability, performance, maintainability and security of the technical platform in collaboration with the ops teams.
• Actively participate in full-stack coding, reviewing pull requests and testing.
• Use your experience to mentor junior members in the team and evangelize coding best practices through pairing sessions, and code reviews.
• Become a key contributor to better working practices across Zendesk.

Job qualifications and requirements

You’re tenacious, driven, and have a passion for learning. You love to collaborate and have meaningful interactions with everyone you meet. You believe that online real-time communication fosters trust, and delivers valuable benefits to customer engagement. You want to create code to make these experiences even better.

You will be successful in this role if you:

• Have a proven record in Software Engineering with strong capabilities in any of the major web-programming languages (Java, Python, Ruby or Go).
• Possess a working level knowledge of Javascript and experience with NodeJS and React.
• Have a strong understanding of Web technologies and the interactions between the frontend client (e.g. web browsers) and the backend stack.
• Are experienced in building scalable, distributed systems (exposure to Kafka, GraphQL and gRPC is a plus).
• Have strong troubleshooting skills by tracking metrics, logs and traces across disparate services.
• Have a good command over usage of data structures and algorithms
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, put the customer first and respect your commitment to deliver.
• Personal projects, collaboration with the open-source community or active learning initiatives would be a good sign of your passion to learn and solve problems.