Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to be part of our team to support our growing regional Product team here in Singapore as part of an international team of highly talented and motivated people.

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges across software and infrastructure layers with a focus on optimizing performance reliability and scalability.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of system architecture to address current business needs while ensuring scalability and adaptability for future technologies.
• Drive code quality by enforcing coding standards conducting comprehensive code reviews and implementing automated testing frameworks to ensure early bug detection and software reliability.
• Manage project priorities deadlines and deliverables within autonomous teams.
• Work in a cross-functional and international team to deliver a holistic solution.
• Participate actively in architectural discussions open reviews and knowledge sharing with peers.
• Be an active partner for Product management in order to provide the best value for stakeholders and our customers.
• Good understanding and independent application of cloud environment CI/CD testing and validation
• Independently applies design patterns and best practices in reliability management (resiliency autoscaling monitoring alerting)
• Mentor junior engineers sharing technical knowledge and best practices while modeling strong collaboration communication and leadership skills to uplift overall team performance.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field. MBA or relevant postgraduate degree is a plus.
• Approximately 7-9 years of experience in building complex distributed large-scale backend systems including microservices event-driven architectures and cloud computing. 
• Golang is the preferred language but strong backend experience in other languages will also be considered.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles including SOLID Hexagonal Architecture and Design-Driven Development.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP) with a strong understanding of leveraging them for scalable and resilient solutions.
• Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) technologies for efficient deployment and management of applications.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable end to end CI/CD pipelines is an added advantage.
• Experience with performance monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana) to proactively identify and resolve issues ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (normalization ACID indexing) and key-value stores (Redis Elasticsearch).
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle with practical experience in automated testing (unit integration and functional).
• Excellent communication skills in Englishboth written and spokenwith the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional and international teams.

Additional Information :

What we offer:

• A dynamic and challenging work environment.
• A company committed to developing you personally and professionally.
• A great working atmosphere with regular company and team events.
• A vibrant and international team committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Responsibility from day one in a fast growing and global company.
• Other benefits include free food health and dental insurance and learning and development opportunities!

foodpanda is operated by Delivery Hero Group (DH Group) - the worlds leading local delivery platform operating in 70 markets across Asia Europe Latin America the Middle East and Africa. Delivery Hero started as a food delivery service in 2011 and now employs 40000 people globally. Additionally Delivery Hero is pioneering quick commerce the next generation of e-commerce aiming to bring groceries and household goods to customers in under one hour and often in 20 to 30 minutes. Headquartered in Berlin Germany Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017.

In July 2024 Delivery Hero SE merged three of its market-leading food delivery businesses foodora and Yemeksepeti in Europe and foodpanda in Asia. All three businesses now make up the second-largest organization within the Delivery Hero Group and leading food and QCommerce delivery in 18 markets in both regions.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time