Lead Backend Engineer

As a late-stage logtech startup disrupting the industry with innovation and cutting-edge technology, Ninja Van is seeking world-class talent to join their team of engineers, product managers, and designers. If you are passionate about creating software that makes a difference in the world, full of ideas, and take initiative, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Ninja Van values a team-first mentality, personal responsibility, and tenacity to solve hard problems. **Role Overview:** Join Ninja Van in their mission to connect shippers and shoppers across Southeast Asia to a world of new possibilities. As part of a small and lean team, you will have a direct impact on the success of the company. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design, build, and maintain highly scalable Android apps and/or backend services. - Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA, and DevOps to deliver features end-to-end. - Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability in all systems. - Participate in code reviews and design discussions, driving engineering best practices. **Qualifications Required:** - 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in Android and Backend. - Android (preferred): Proficiency in Kotlin (Java experience acceptable), Android SDK, UI/UX best practices, API integration. - Backend (preferred): Hands-on experience with Golang (Java experience acceptable), micro-services, RESTful APIs. - Strong knowledge of MySQL or TiDB. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes). **Additional Details:** Ninja Van processes 250 million API requests and 3TB of data every day, delivering more than 2 million parcels daily with 100% network coverage in 6 SEA markets. Having raised more than US$500 million over five rounds, Ninja Van offers the chance to work on products at massive scale and provides growth opportunities, a collaborative environment, competitive compensation, benefits, and career progression in a high-growth tech company. By applying to the job, you acknowledge and agree to Ninja Van's Privacy Policy Notice and consent to the collection, use, and/or disclosure of your personal data by Ninja Logistics Pte Ltd for the purposes set out in the Notice.,