Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description

We're looking for an advanced skilled backend engineer to join our team in Shanghai! Bring your deep understanding and passion for Digital technology and help drive engaging digital experiences at the LEGO Group!

Core Responsibilities

• Design, build and/or configure end-to-end applications through close collaboration with other product team members ​

• Engineer products to the highest standards of security and data privacy by implementing and following LEGO Group security and data privacy principles from ideation to production release and beyond.​

• Engineer products that implement business logic, modern design patterns and architectural principles​

• Engineer products that follow highest coding standards e.g., documentation and efficiency​

• Ensure product robustness and reliability by writing and executing unit and integration tests​

• Improve operational efficiency by developing automation tools for daily tasks​

• Build efficient and optimal solutions by challenging ideas/opinions

• Suggest and define future stories to support the Product Owner

Do you have what it takes?

• Computer Science/Software Engineering or related university education background with Bachelor above degree is preferred

• 8+ years of hands on software engineering experience

• Keen learner within the technical components of the domains/products

• Understanding of optimal tech methodologies to support Agile development

• Passionate to learn new technologies and strives towards cross-functional development

• Familiar with DevOps tools like ELK/Graphana/Instana/etc

• Familiar and scripting in CICD tool like CircleCI/Git Actions/Jenkins

• Familiar with git and Gitflow

• Experience in Agile development/configuration, full-stack developer (or similar) experience preferred

• Understands relationships with product team roles

• Strong interpersonal skills with proficient in communicating tech concepts and align organization on decisions with partners of all levels of expertise

• Experience in pair programming, continuous integration, test-driven development, and incremental design

• Experience with code refactoring, design patters, design oriented development, continuous deployment, and highly scalable applications

• Advance in both Chinese and English

Nice to have

• Experienced in design and develop digital products in retail/e-eCommerce industry

• Familiar with WeChat based eco-system or customer relation/engagement/loyalty system

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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Join the LEGO® team today.