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Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Builds and maintains high-scale backend services in Go/Python, focusing on distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure while ensuring reliability and performance.

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Singapore

Responsibilities

Design and build backend services for a high-scale, distributed platform Own reliability, performance, and observability of backend systems Deliver production-grade services with a focus on system resilience Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to deliver solutions Mentor and support the growth of other engineers

Requirements

3+ years of professional backend engineering experience Strong proficiency in Go and/or Python Deep understanding of distributed systems, including consistency, latency, and fault tolerance Hands-on experience with: Microservices architecture APIs (REST/gRPC) Message queues Data stores Experience with cloud deployments, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and on-call practices

Nice To Have

Experience with Kubernetes and service mesh technologies Familiarity with distributed tracing and security best practices

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