Software Engineer

Charterhouse Partnership; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Charterhouse Partnership in Singapore is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help build and scale the core systems behind their product. You will own services end to end, from design to deployment, and work directly with product teams on what gets built next.

Design, implement, ship and operate backend services in Java or Kotlin, with cloud familiarity (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes). You will mentor engineers and contribute to system design reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend experience, strong in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Background at a product company, owning services full lifecycle.
• Comfort with cloud infra (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Docker/Kubernetes.
• Strong system design instincts and cross-team communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services in Java/Kotlin.
• Own services end to end: architecture, deployment, monitoring, and on-call.
• Design APIs and data models other teams depend on.
• Partner with product managers to shape technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to system design reviews.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

System design

Cross-team communication

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Our client is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build and scale the core systems behind their product. The successful candidate will own services end to end, design, build, ship, operate and work directly with product on what gets built next.

What the role involves:

• Designing, building, and operating backend services in Java/Kotlin
• Owning services end to end: architecture, deployment, monitoring, and on-call
• Designing APIs and data models other teams depend on
• Partnering with product managers to shape technical solutions
• Mentoring engineers and contributing to system design reviews

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years backend experience, strong in Java and/or Kotlin
• Background at a product company, having owned services full lifecycle (not just feature delivery)
• Comfort with cloud infra (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Docker/Kubernetes
• Strong system design instincts and great cross-team communication