Senior Backend Engineer, Engineering Infra - Dbaas, Db Solution
Posted on June 15, 2026 by Shopee
- Singapore, Singapore
- N/A
- nan
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.
About the Team:
As part of the Engineering Infrastructure team, the DBaaS - DB Solution team supports Shopee’s business growth by providing a unified, seamless, scalable database access solution. The team develops common services, frameworks, libraries, and practices that promote the unification of backend architecture, enhance engineering efficiency, and ensure that backend service development is smooth, stable, and aligned.
Job Description:
- Design and implement high-performance, efficient database access solutions to enhance Shopee's backend architecture, moving towards a cohesive and unified system.
- Identify and resolve emerging challenges in database access domains, proposing innovative solutions that ensure a seamless and scalable experience.
- Collaborate closely with other teams to develop and execute company-wide strategies aimed at improving the efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources, ensuring sustainable management of services.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science or related fields.
- Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in backend development
- Strong and hands-on experience with at least one of the programming languages: Go, Python, C++, Java.
- Expertise in low-latency/high-throughput distributed systems and performance tuning
- In-depth understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures and algorithms, operating -systems, networks, databases, etc.).
- Strong in logical thinking and problem-solving skills, actively seeking challenges
- Strong ownership, good communication skills, having teamwork spirit and capable of working independently under pressure
- Passionate about coding and programming, innovation, and solving challenging problems.
Skills below are optional but preferable:
- Hands-on experience with RDMA networking (InfiniBand/RoCE) and high-speed interconnect protocols.
- Knowledge of Linux development environments, multi-threaded programming, inter-process communication.
- Hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL.
- Knowledge of MySQL data sharding and scaling methods, solutions, and technologies such as Vitess and ShardingSphere.
Advertised until:
July 15, 2026
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