Pollen Tech Pte. Ltd.

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Backend Engineer (Senior / Tech Lead)

  • Software Development
  • Full-time
  • Singapore, SG
  • Hybrid

Posted on June 13, 2024

Objectives

  • Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior engineers and the IT team personnel

  • Communicate regularly with stakeholders, project managers, quality assurance teams, and other developers regarding progress on a long-term technology roadmap

  • Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs

  • Develop and oversee testing schedules in client-server environment, addressing various browsers and devices to ensure that content is displayed as intended

  • Produce quality code, raising the bar for team performance and speed

  • Recommend systems solutions by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchase alternatives

Responsibilities

  • Write code and tests, build prototypes, resolve issues, and profile and analyze bottlenecks

  • Design robust APIs to support mobile and desktop clients

  • Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in the cloud

  • Optimize web applications for performance and scalability

  • Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met, and allow for regression testing

Must-Have Skills

  • Fluent communication in English

  • Proficiency in Python, Javascript, FastAPI and/or RESTful API, Docker, PostgreSQL, Celery, Redis.

  • 3+ years' experience with Python.

  • Strong intuition on system design.

  • Familiarity with JavaScript and frontend technologies.

  • Solid experience with setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

  • 3+ years experience creating and consuming RESTful APIs.

  • Meticulous attention-to-detail.

  • Pursuit of perfection in your work.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

  • Min. 3 years of professional experience in backend development.

  • Experience in a venture-backed B2B SaaS or e-commerce startup.

  • Experience in leading a team & fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.

  • Excellent foundation in computer science, algorithms, and web design

  • Experience in writing highly secure web applications

  • Experience with core AWS web-enabling technologies

  • Growth mindset that challenges the status quo and focuses on outside-the-box ideas and solutions

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail.

Remote restrictions

  • Workday must overlap by at least 5 hours with Singapore