TL;DR

Senior Software Development Engineer (Backend): Developing and maintaining scalable, distributed backend systems for global travel platforms with an accent on system design, integrations, and operational excellence. Focus on designing moderately complex systems, mentoring engineers, and ensuring resiliency, scalability, and observability at scale.

Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Company

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What you will do

Collaborate with senior teams and external partners to align technical direction and deliverables.
Own day-to-day engineering tasks and resolve complex technical issues.
Design integrations between applications, databases, and platforms to deliver business solutions.
Write, test, and maintain production software following best practices.
Mentor junior engineers and share domain knowledge.
Advocate engineering best practices including unit testing, SLAs, scalability, and incident readiness.

Requirements

Location: Must be based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
6+ years (Master's) or 8+ years (Bachelor's) professional software development experience.
Strong experience in Java and related technologies with end-to-end technical design skills.
Experience with cloud and scalable distributed systems.
Ability to design moderately complex systems and make technology choices.

Nice to have

Experience mentoring engineers and guiding cross-team integrations.
Ability to justify technology choices to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience working in decentralized or distributed teams.
Strong understanding of operational excellence including metrics, testing, monitoring, and alerting.

Culture & Benefits

Full benefits package including travel perks, generous time-off, and parental leave.
Flexible work model with modern offices.
Career development resources and inclusive, diverse culture.
Recognized as a Best Place to Work and award-winning culture.