Principal Backend Engineer (Marketplace - Buyer)

at  Shopee

Department Engineering and Technology
LevelExperienced (Team Lead)
LocationSingapore
The Engineering and Technology team is at the core of the Shopee platform development. The team is made up of a group of passionate engineers from all over the world, striving to build the best systems with the most suitable technologies. Our engineers do not merely solve problems at hand; We build foundations for a long-lasting future. We don’t limit ourselves on what we can or can’t do; we take matters into our own hands even if it means drilling down to the bottom layer of the computing platform. Shopee’s hyper-growing business scale has transformed most “innocent” problems into huge technical challenges, and there is no better place to experience it first-hand if you love technologies as much as we do.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Work closely with the product team to provide solutions to business problems
• Lead a team of engineers to deliver end-to-end product solutions
• Define cross-team, cross-tech-stack technical solutions and oversee the entire delivery lifecycle
• Build a healthy and sustainable team with team members’ growth in mind
• Provide solutions to technical challenges on and beyond the team-level
• Set the technical directions for the team
• Define best practices and processes to boost efficiency and to enable innovation
• Maintain large scale production services supporting millions of users; continuously iterate while maintaining system stability and performance
• Drive the implementation of industry leading systems to empower business growth

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent
• Having at least 7 years of experience building distributed systems
• Having at least 3 years of experience leading a team (size > 5)
• Strong programming skills in at least one language such as C/C++, Golang or Java
• Well balanced system design capabilities with both long-term and short-term goals in mind
• Deep understanding of software engineering concepts and processes
• Having a business-centric mindset and capable of empowering business goals through technology
• Strong communication skills and teamwork spirit

Good to have

• Hands-on experience with Golang
• Experience leading a diverse team located across different regions
• Experience driving large-scale projects in the ecommerce industry

Please refer the Job description for details