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Urgent! Expert Backend Engineer Career Opportunity with VANGUARD SOFTWARE PTE. LTD. in Singapore

Expert Backend Engineer



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Roles & Responsibilities

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.

Tell employers what skills you have
Team Collaboration
Software Engineering
Spring Boot
SQL
System Design
Apache Kafka
Java
Technical Leadership
Backend Development
Software Development


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