Senior Backend Engineer (Marketplace - Order Ops)

at  Shopee

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Department Engineering and Technology
LevelExperienced (Individual Contributor)
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:

• Realizing business goals through implementing features to smooth buyer return & refund process, ensure accurate and timely clear and settlement of seller’s money, and improve efficiency of our day-to-day operations
• Designing and building distributed systems optimized for performance, availability, and user experience
• Writing high-quality, clean, and maintainable code and respecting engineering best practices (unit testing, source control, continuous integration, automation, design patterns, etc.)
• Researching, proposing and executing projects to enhance system functionalities, development processes, and shared middlewares
• Collaborating in a highly cross-functional environment with fellow Software Engineers, Product Managers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Operation Engineers to deliver impact

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s or a higher degree in Computer Science or related fields
• Relevant experience in backend server development
• Familiar with commonly used languages, such as Golang / Python / C++ / Java, previous experience with Golang is preferred
• In-depth understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms, Networking, OS and other Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiar with commonly used Databases, such as MySQL
• Familiar with commonly used middlewares, such as Redis and Kafka
• Familiar with Kubernetes (K8S) Microservice Architecture
• Familiar with HTTP/TCP protocols
• Familiar with XML/JSON/Protocol Buffers
• Familiar with distributed systems, performance tuning, massive concurrency handling, and caching mechanisms

Please refer the Job description for details