2,475 Distributed Systems jobs in Singapore

We are representing a client—an innovative, fast-growing company in the robotics and AI space. The company is building an open-source humanoid robotics platform and is committed to democratizing access to advanced robotics by openly sharing hardware designs, firmware, and machine learning models with the global developer community.

To support the development of their next-generation platform, they are looking to hire a Distributed Systems Engineer to design and scale backend infrastructure for intelligent devices and autonomous systems.

• Design and implement distributed systems for telemetry ingestion, event streaming, and command orchestration across edge and cloud
• Develop real-time data pipelines using Kafka, NATS, or gRPC with a focus on low-latency and high-throughput processing
• Manage and optimize stateful services (e.g., Redis, Postgres, InfluxDB) for reliability, replication, and failover
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (embedded, ML, controls) to define API contracts, schemas (Protobuf), and SLAs
• Build infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform and Helm
• Set up CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, security scanning, and deployments
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger)
• Promote best practices in reliability engineering, capacity planning, and incident response

• 5+ years of experience building distributed, fault-tolerant systems in production
• Strong understanding of distributed systems principles (e.g., consensus algorithms, partitioning, consistency models)
• Hands-on experience with streaming/message platforms such as Kafka, Pulsar, NATS, or RabbitMQ
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and microservices-based architecture
• Proficient in at least one systems programming language (e.g., C++, Go, Python)
• Solid knowledge of observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger)
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, or Ansible for infrastructure automation
• Excellent communication and a collaborative mindset

Job Overview

The Core Engineering Team aims to spearhead digital transformation in Singapore. This team operates key platforms within the Government Technology Stacks, enabling agencies to create high-quality services for citizens using commercial cloud services.

• Platform Development: Collaborate with customers on technical requirement gathering, architect and implement production-grade OpenShift clusters on OpenStack, including control plane, compute nodes, storage integrations, and networking.
• Operational Excellence: Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging pipelines, lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and day-to-day cluster health management.
• Automation & CI/CD: Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for platform updates, operator deployments, and application rollouts, author scripts and operators to automate routine maintenance, scaling, and self-healing tasks.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices, collaborate with security teams to implement vulnerability scanning, baseline hardening, and compliance audits.

• Experience: 5+ years in Linux system administration (RHEL) and virtualization (KVM/QEMU), 3+ years deploying and operating OpenShift in production environments.
• Technical Skills: Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent, Physical, virtual and container-based networking & storage, Monitoring/Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stacks.
• Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting aptitude in complex distributed systems, Excellent verbal and written communication, Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable leading cross-functional initiatives.

Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Infrastructure Specialist to design and implement cloud-based solutions on AWS platforms.

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-based applications with large-scale data processing capabilities
• Work with software engineers to develop and maintain cloud backend services
• Develop and maintain cloud provider-agnostic backend deployment tools
• Manage and set up automated CI/CD systems
• Assist with development of products and services
• Engage in the complete software development lifecycle for AWS solutions, from initial planning and requirements gathering through development, testing, and quality assurance
• Writing scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Confident with Golang
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (EC2, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch)
• Familiarity with Terraform or similar tools
• Familiarity with Jenkins or similar tools
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
• 3 or more years of experience in architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS platforms

Additional Requirements and Skills:

• Knowledge of C++, CMake and Shell scripting
• Understanding of data storage and database technologies, such as SQL and NoSQL
• Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and gRPC

How to Apply:

Please submit your resume detailing your qualifications and interest in the position.

• Design and develop distributed database Hbase-related components.
• Design and develop single-node LSM engine Rocksdb-related components.

• Bachelor's Degree or above, majoring in Computer Science or related fields, with 4+ years of relevant development experience in the field.
• In-depth understanding of the architecture and principles of distributed systems.
• A willingness to tackle challenging problems without clear solutions and a strong enthusiasm for learning new technologies.

• Experience with opensource software and a track record of involvement in opensource projects.
• Familiarity with distributed consensus algorithms like Paxos/Raft.
• Knowledge of distributed transaction models.
• Proficiency in typical storage engines, including RocksDB.
• Expertise in low-level aspects of operating systems.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced software architect to lead the design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of application, infrastructure, and security architecture, with a focus on non-functional aspects such as performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement microservices-based architectures using Java/J2EE and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with technical SMEs to gather requirements and ensure alignment with solution designs.
• Define best practices and standards for microservice implementation.
• Lead initiatives to build accelerators and tools to enhance delivery quality.
• Evaluate industry technologies to shape service designs while considering cost, portability, compatibility, and usability.
• Recommend and implement technology, platform, and system changes to meet evolving customer and operational requirements.
• Identify design risks, provide alternative solutions, and recommend high-quality resolutions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of technical experience in architecture development, backend systems integration, and application development.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java/J2EE with expertise in the Spring Boot framework.
• Proven knowledge of SOA, microservices architecture, REST, and SOAP services development.
• Strong expertise in Core Java (Java 8+), Spring, Spring Boot, and testing frameworks such as JUnit and Cucumber.
• Skilled in design patterns, clean code practices, and scalable microservices design.
• Strong hands-on experience in RESTful APIs, SOAP services, and Java microservices.
• Experience with middleware/messaging technologies such as MQ, JMS, Kafka, and event-driven design patterns.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in API Management and defining Swagger specifications for REST APIs.
• Knowledge of deployment pipelines for Java microservices in Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with OAuth token-based authentication, PCI compliance, and secure coding standards.
• Experience with MSSQL, data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.

Technical Skills:

• Spring Boot, Java/J2EE, SOA, REST, SOAP, Microservices, Messaging (MQ/JMS/Kafka)

This is a high-level technical leadership position that requires a seasoned professional to design, develop, and implement large-scale distributed systems using microservices architecture.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and implementing scalable microservices architectures
• Evaluating industry technologies to shape the design of services in consideration of cost, portability, compatibility, or usability factors
• Leading activities to build accelerators and tools to increase the quality of deliverables
• Identifying and defining implementation patterns
• Defining best practices and standards for microservice implementation

Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of technical experience within architecture development, integration of backend systems and development
• Strong hands-on experience in developing applications using Java/J2EE, with Spring boot framework knowledge and experience
• Deep knowledge of SOA, Architecture and Design on Micro services, REST Services and Soap Services Development
• Experience in core java fundamentals, Java 8+, Spring, Springboot, testing framework Junit, Cucumber
• Strong hands-on with design patterns, clean code
• Strong hands-on in Java Microservices (Springboot) Restful APIs and Soap Services
• Experience in designing and coding scalable Microservices
• Experience with middleware/messaging technologies such as MQ, JMS, Kafka and exposure to event-driven design patterns
• Experience in Spring Cloud
• Experience in Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS)
• Experience in configuring and implementing Azure Open Service Mesh for Pod to Pod communication
• Experience in API Management using Azure API Gateway(APIM)
• Experience in writing deployment pipelines to deploy Java microservices in Kubernetes
• Strong in creating/ defining Swagger specs for REST APIs, understand REST principles, Guidelines
• Demonstrated knowledge of OAuth token-based authentication protocol
• Demonstrated knowledge of PCI and Security Coding Standards
• Experience with MSSQL, data modelling, query development and performance optimization

Software Engineering Role

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• Proficiency in object-oriented design, design patterns and SOLID principles.
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• Experience with containerization platforms like OpenShift.
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• Experience with AWS services such as S3, API Gateway, RDS, etc.
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This role entails designing and implementing distributed systems that monitor trading activity, aggregate real-time risk metrics, and enforce pre-trade controls.

As a system architect, you will partner with stakeholders to design and implement risk controls that protect the firm and align with global regulatory standards.

You will be responsible for developing server-side software capable of processing millions of daily orders and preventing control violations in real time.

Key responsibilities include taking ownership of the full engineering lifecycle: design, implementation, test automation, deployment, and production support.