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 3+ 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.
