Expert Backend Engineer

JOB SUMMARY:
We are seeking an Expert Backend Engineer to take a technical leadership role across teams and domains. You'll be responsible for architecting and driving the development of scalable, resilient systems that directly align with business objectives. As a domain expert, you'll provide thought leadership, mentor other engineers, and shape engineering best practices across the organization. This role is ideal for a highly experienced backend engineer who is passionate about building high-performance systems and enabling long-term technical excellence.

JOB DUTIES:

• System Architecture: Design and review scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure system architectures, including multi-region disaster recovery and strong data consistency.
• Technical Leadership: Provide domain expertise and guidance across multiple teams; drive cross-functional architectural discussions.
• Business Alignment: Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions, considering long-term product and company strategy.
• Reusable Components: Build high-quality, reusable components and establish best practices to boost team-wide efficiency.
• Process Innovation: Define and implement domain-level standards, governance rules, and process improvements (e.g., microservice design, observability, code quality).
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Coach engineers, drive knowledge sharing, and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree of Computing, Software Engineering, IT or related field.
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years of experience in backend system design and development, with a proven track record of delivering mission-critical systems.
• Tech Stack Expertise: Deep expertise in Java or Go , with mastery of backend frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, WebFlux), messaging systems (e.g., Kafka), and distributed databases (SQL/NoSQL, Redis, etc.).
• Architectural Skills: Experience designing and scaling large distributed systems with a focus on performance, availability, security, and resilience.
• Process Leadership: Able to define and implement engineering standards and technical guidelines at the system/domain level.
• Innovation & Problem Solving: Continuously evaluates new technologies and integrates them strategically to enhance systems and processes.
• Risk & Impact Awareness: Anticipates edge cases and long-term impacts, and incorporates robustness, observability, and compliance from the design stage.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin is highly desirable to liaise with Chinese speaking clients and counterparts to understand their technical requirements.

Soft Skills:

• Influence & Leadership: Persuasively drives adoption of best practices and standards across teams and stakeholders.
• Decision-Making: Makes informed, strategic decisions backed by technical expertise and business impact analysis.
• Communication: Clearly and effectively communicates complex ideas and listens actively to facilitate constructive discussions.
• Collaboration: Enables cross-team alignment and contributes to a culture of ownership, transparency, and innovation.

What We Offer

• Technical Decision-Making Authority : Lead core system architecture and influence the company's technical direction.
• Collaboration with Top Talent : Work alongside senior engineers to tackle highly complex challenges.
• Cutting-Edge Technology Practice : Adopt innovative technologies while balancing innovation and stability.
• Knowledge Leadership Role : Shape engineering culture through tech sharing, mentorship, and standards definition.