Expert Backend Engineer, Database as a Service (DBaaS) - Eng Infra Team

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:

The DBCP (Database Cloud Platform) team is a core part of Shopee Infrastructure DBaas, dedicated to building and scaling our in-house Relational Database Service (RDS). We provide a unified cloud management platform that enables rapid deployment and elastic management of massive database clusters across multi-region and multi-IDC environments. Meanwhile deliver high-performance storage and networking solutions. Our mission is to ensure the extreme performance, scalability, and high availability of the entire cloud platform to support Shopee's global business growth.

Job Description:

Design, develop and maintain high-performance, large-scale backend services of Shopee in-house RDS (Rational Database Service)

Collaborate with the DBA and other infra teams to provide technical solution for database product and its ecosystem

Participate in technical design of key components and contribute to the end solution

Execute and implement technical designs

Troubleshoot online issues related to business logic or performance

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields

Minimum 6 years of professional experience in backend development

Familiar with at least one backend programming language such as Java, Golang or C++

High-performance programming, Expertise in low-latency/high-throughput systems and performance tuning

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

In-depth understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures and algorithms, operating systems, networks, etc)

Good To Have

K8s & Cloud Native: Deep understanding of Kubernetes and containerization, with hands-on experience in Cloud Native projects.

Database Internals: In-depth understanding of relational database architecture, transaction logic, and storage engines.

Distributed File Systems: Experience with distributed file systems (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, HDFS, or Lustre).

RDMA: Familiarity with RDMA networking (InfiniBand/RoCE) and high-speed interconnect protocols.