Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Guangzhou, China
Pattern Corporate – IT /
Full-time /
On-site
Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list.
Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email press@pattern.com.
Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.
We're looking for a dynamic, innovative, passionate, highly analytical person to join our development team in Pattern Asia – Guangzhou, China office. This role will report to the Head of Engineering, APAC.
The Technology Team at Pattern Asian is literally pushing the capabilities of the world’s marketplace APIs to new heights, exercising them in ways they never intended. You could be a perfect fit if these questions are a “heck yes” for you:
Driven to figure out how things work and don’t mind a little uncertainty?
Get excited about discovering how different marketplaces work?
Love solving high-availability, scaling, and throughput problems?
Love creating stability on top of a sea of Internet unreliability?
Push projects to completion and work to unblock things?
Really understand the value of each customer transaction?
Looking for long-term career development at a company that is having explosive growth?
If this sounds like you, please apply. You’ll be in good company!
Essential Responsibilities
Develop robust integrations between our eCommerce solutions and various marketplace APIs, including Tmall, JD, Pinduoduo, Douyin, RedNote, Lazada, Coupang, Rakuten, Shopee, Shopify, etc.
Develop back-end services and applications for data analysis and visualization.
Build architectures based on AWS using technologies such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB, MongoDB, CloudWatch, etc.
Contribute to design and implementation of the overall web architecture required for external integration.
Develop and manage highly reliable and scalable databases and applications.
Participate in scrums and sprint planning with a global team.
Design and implement continuous integration and deployment using Github actions.
Solve problems with alternative approaches and in consultation with stakeholders.
Working effectively with a team, encourage innovation & best practices.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field, or equivalent professional experience
At least 6 to 8 years of experience in back-end development using Node.js, Python, Java/JavaScript/TypeScript.
Solid experience in developing web applications with a microservices architecture.
Proficiency in multiple database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, DynamoDB).
Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and familiarity with the Richardson Maturity Model.
Strong knowledge of messaging systems such as AWS SQS, etc.
Familiarity with big data tools such as Kafka, Spark, Hadoop.
Experience using API tools such as Swagger and Postman.
Proven experience with implementing testing frameworks and automated unit testing.
Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
High attention to detail and a proactive learning mindset.
Proficiency in reading and writing English is required.
Experience working with teams cross-geographical locations
Preferred Qualifications
One or more years of experience working with ecommerce platforms
Advanced knowledge of cloud architecture (especially AWS) is highly desirable.
Experience with Ruby on Rail, Golang will be a huge plus.
SRE or DevOps experience is a strong advantage.
Proficiency in spoken English is preferred.
We are looking for individuals who are
Game Changers - A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
Data Fanatics - A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
Partner Obsessed - An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
Team of Doers - Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.
What is the hiring process?
Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team
Video interview with a hiring manager
Onsite interviews with panels of cross-department leaders
Final video interview with a senior member of Pattern Product team
Professional reference checks
Executive review
Offer
How can I stand out as an applicant?
Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples
Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team
Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern
Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics
Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
