Backend Engineer - Singapore - TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GROUP PTE. LTD.

Description

Vama is an innovative chat and payment platform committed to revolutionizing communication and transactions. Our team is passionate about creating seamless, secure, and user-friendly experiences for our customers.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer to join our talented team. As a Backend Engineer at Vama, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend infrastructure that powers our cutting-edge chat and payment platform. If you are a tech enthusiast with a strong background in Go, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement backend services using Golang and other relevant technologies.
• Work with databases such as Cassandra, ensuring efficient data storage, retrieval, and maintenance.
• Implement messaging solutions using for reliable communication between microservices.
• Utilize in-memory caching systems like Redis for optimized data access.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Docker and Terraform.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance using Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus.
• Contribute to the development of scalable and robust cloud-based solutions on GCP.
• Write clear and concise API documentation and design APIs that adhere to best practices.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements using server-side logic.
• Write unit and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and stability of developed features.
• Demonstrate expertise in Unix systems and a comfort level with Bash scripting.

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of professional experience in Golang or other strongly typed languages (C++, Java).
• Solid understanding of databases, tables, indices, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of parallelism, locking, synchronization, and race conditions in software development.
• Familiarity with caching mechanisms and cache invalidation strategies.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP or AWS.
• Proficiency in Unix systems and comfort in the terminal.
• Strong commitment to writing comprehensive tests for all developed features.
• Good understanding of API design principles and best practices.

Helpful Experience:

• Previous experience with Cassandra or other distributed databases.
• Familiarity with Docker, Redis, Terraform, and Grafana.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes (experience not mandatory but beneficial).

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

If you're excited about shaping the future of communication and payments at Vama, we encourage you to apply