Senior Backend Engineer

Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company! As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Backend team in our Taipei Office, you’ll play a vital role in building the foundational systems that power content understanding for the entire organization. You will create the robust backbone that enables every team to leverage Generative AI. You will operate with the agility of a startup to deliver powerful, scalable solutions and directly shape how the company innovates with AI. To thrive in this role, you'll need: 7+ years of hands-on coding experience in Java or similar object oriented programming languages. Deep understanding of strong Computer Science fundamentals: object-oriented design, data structures, applications programming and multi threading programming. Experience with SQL and No-SQL, ex: MySQL, Vertica, Cassandra, Google BigQuery. Experience with common frameworks: Spring, Maven, Kafka, Apache Spark. Proven experience in building and managing data pipelines and distributed systems. Thorough understanding of backend integration concepts and technologies such as API, web services, message queuing, and security practices. Quick and self-motivated learner with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in both team and cross-timezone environments. Bonus points if you have: Well understanding of common design patterns and engineering best practices. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and Helm. Experience with workflow automation tools like Apache Airflow. Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins. Familiarity with modern development practices such as Agile methodologies and DevOps principles. How you'll make an impact: As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will: Technical Leadership: Acting as a key technical leader for the group, guiding the architecture and design of complex, business-critical systems. Hands-On Excellence: Driving development by being hands-on, personally writing code for the most complex and critical system components and setting a high bar for code quality and best practices. Strategic Scalability: Driving the technical strategy for building highly scalable and reliable solutions to process massive datasets and ensure system stability. Democratizing AI: You will architect the centralized access layer that allows every service in the organization to integrate with Large Language Models safely and efficiently.