Atomic Recruitment SEA Hiring! Full Time Senior Backend Developer (NodeJS) in Federal Territory - Ricebowl

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer (NodeJS) – Mandarin Speaker

About the Role

I am seeking a highly motivated software engineer to join our client’s technology team in building and enhancing scalable cloud-native applications. This role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems, modern distributed architectures, and cloud infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and enhance backend services that support high-volume business applications and digital platforms.
• Participate in solution design discussions, technical planning, and implementation of new features and system enhancements.
• Build reliable RESTful services and integrations that support internal and external consumers.
• Contribute to the design and operation of containerized workloads deployed in cloud environments.
• Monitor application performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to system reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with DevOps, QA, and product teams to ensure smooth software releases and operational excellence.
• Review code, enforce engineering best practices, and maintain high standards for software quality and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
• Maintain technical documentation and support knowledge-sharing initiatives across the engineering team.
• Participate in agile development activities including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.

Required Qualifications

• 5-8 years Proven experience developing server-side applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript & NodeJS technologies.
• Strong understanding of API design principles, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience working with NoSQL databases and data caching technologies.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies and automated deployment workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills in Linux-based environments.
• Exposure to public cloud platforms and cloud-hosted applications.
• Experience working with source control systems and collaborative development practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating container orchestration platforms in production environments.
• Knowledge of cloud networking concepts, identity and access management, and application security best practices.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and deployment management tools.
• Experience supporting large-scale production systems and conducting incident investigations.
• Understanding of observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks.
• Exposure to high-availability and fault-tolerant system design.