Senior Backend Engineer

BlueThrone

. Design, build, run, and improve backend systems across multiple mobile products .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeRemote • SingaporeSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend system design, architecture, and implementation, with a strong focus on production services and cloud infrastructure. Proficient in navigating complex technical contexts and making informed architectural decisions while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Backend Engineering ExperienceProduction Go ExperienceDatabase Design and ManagementDistributed Systems UnderstandingCloud Infrastructure Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Backend System DesignArchitectural Decision MakingDatabase ManagementProduction DebuggingSchema DesignMessage QueuesDockerKubernetesObservabilityPerformance Optimization

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingCommunicationAdaptabilityCollaborationDocumentation

Tools & Technologies

GoKafkaCloud APIsORMProduction Services

Industry Keywords

Distributed SystemsInfrastructureScaling RisksEngineering Trade-OffsProduction Incidents

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerKafkaKubernetesGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, run, and improve backend systems across multiple mobile products
Take problems from unclear starting points through architecture, implementation, deployment, and iteration
Investigate systems not originally built by the engineer
Work directly with product, frontend, data, and other engineers
Improve existing systems and determine when rewrites are unnecessary
Respond to and help resolve production incidents
Understand system context, upstream and downstream effects, scaling risks, and engineering trade-offs
Document decisions, communicate directly, and focus on outcomes
Move between products, codebases, and technical contexts as priorities change

Requirements

What you’ll need

Usually 5+ years of backend engineering experience
Experience designing or significantly changing backend systems
Experience making architectural decisions and explaining trade-offs
Experience working with databases beyond using an ORM
Experience operating and debugging services in production
Understanding of infrastructure
Experience taking work from an unclear problem to a shipped result
Ability to learn new technology when needed
Ability to become productive in Go; production Go experience is useful
Strong backend experience in another language may be acceptable with evidence of quickly learning new stacks
Understanding of relational databases, schema design, migrations, indexing, and query behaviour
Understanding of distributed systems, message queues, and brokers such as Kafka
Understanding of Docker and Kubernetes
Understanding of cloud infrastructure and APIs
Understanding of observability, performance, reliability, and failure modes

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first work across countries and time zones
Equal opportunity and diversity and inclusion commitment
Reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process