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Singapore, Singapore
Hybrid
As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
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Why Join
Join OCBC as a Senior Backend Engineer and be part of a visionary team that develops AI-driven applications at scale, powering a range of innovative banking products and services. We're seeking a skilled backend engineer who can design and build scalable APIs, optimize backend services, and seamlessly integrates traditional AI and generative AI models to accelerate innovation and business growth. As a senior member of our team, you'll have end-to-end ownership of development, from ideation to production, and the autonomy to shape the direction of our products. You'll work on building robust, scalable, and maintainable services that enable the deployment of AI models at scale and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business impact. If you're driven by a passion for software engineering, fintech, and creating innovative AI-powered solutions that transform the banking industry, and you're excited about the prospect of working on ground-breaking projects that drive business growth, we encourage you to apply!
How you succeed
To succeed in this role, you'll need to stay at the forefront of AI/ ML platform advancements and apply your expertise to drive business outcomes. This means collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs, designing and developing scalable AI solutions, and continuously monitoring and improving model performance. You'll need to balance technical complexity with business acumen and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What you do
Architect, design, develop, and maintain high performance, scalable backend systems using modern programming languages and framework.
Implement high-quality, scalable code that adheres to industry standards and best practices, and take ownership of maintaining a robust suite of microservices, RESTful APIs, and GraphQL endpoints that drive business value.
Drive technical architecture vision by leading discussions and contributing to the design of the system's overall structure.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including data scientists, software engineers, and business users, to distill product requirements into actionable solutions, and develop accurate estimates of effort required to deliver high-impact results.
Manage databases, including data modelling, query optimization, and ensuring data integrity.
Ensure the reliability and availability of backend systems through monitoring, performance tuning, and incident management.
Who you are
Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of experience in backend development, with strong proficiency in Python, JavaScript, Typescript and their frameworks.
Solid experience in building and maintaining RESTful APIs, GraphQL and other service-based architectures.
Strong knowledge of SQL and experience in RDBMS and/or NoSQL technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, MongoDB, Cassandra)
Familiar with CI/CD pipeline, version control, and automated testing frameworks (e.g. Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket)
Experience with monitoring tools such as PLG or ELK stack.
Good understanding of containers, build systems, and infrastructure automation with experience in Kubernetes and Docker.
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
