Backend Engineer - Marketplace, Order Operations (2027 Graduate) at Shopee – Singapore | Jobyssey

About The Team

Shopee will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Shopee sponsorship of a visa. Kindly note that you can only be considered in one recruitment process at a time within Sea Group and will be considered for jobs in the order that you have applied.

The Marketplace Order Operations team powers the critical order related features of Shopee as a platform through innovation and technology. In our pursuit to shape the way buyers and sellers connect with each other, we engineer scalable, reliable and extensible systems that evolve with the dynamic e-commerce landscape. As we scale to the next engineering frontier for the global market, we continuously solve unique challenges such as multi-market architecture design, highly sustainable systems, and core functional capabilities for the department. Our tech leaders take responsibility for products, define engineering roadmaps, and work with cross-functional teams to achieve excellence in product performance and technical sustainability.

Job Description

Realizing business goals through implementing features to Shopee as a platform, including but not limited to return and refund, and clearing and settlement.
Designing and building distributed systems optimized for performance, availability, and user experience.
Writing high-quality, clean, and maintainable code and respecting engineering best practices (unit testing, source control, continuous integration, automation, design patterns, etc.)
Researching, proposing and executing projects to enhance system functionalities, development processes, and shared middlewares.
Collaborating in a highly cross-functional environment with fellow Software Engineers, Product Managers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Operation Engineers to deliver impact.

Requirements

Bachelor's or a higher degree in Computer Science or related fields, graduating from December 2026 to May 2027 Familiar with commonly used languages, such as Golang / Python / C++ / Java
Familiarity with or strong interest in agentic AI paradigms—including LLM tool calling/function execution, multi-agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain/LangGraph), and retrieval-augmented backend architectures is strongly preferred
In-depth understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms, Networking, OS and other Computer Science fundamentals
Familiar with commonly used Databases, such as MySQL
Familiar with commonly used middlewares, such as Redis and Kafka
Familiar with HTTP/TCP/XML/JSON/Protocol Buffers
Familiar with distributed systems, performance tuning, massive concurrency handling, and caching mechanisms

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