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Backend Engineer Intern, Data Infrastructure - OLAP (Fall 2026/ Spring 2027)

Competition
Normal
Estimated monthly salary
~S$4,775 – S$6,500
  • Participate in the development, optimization and maintenance of our OLAP and Big Data engines and platform, focusing on one of them: Presto/Trino, ClickHouse, StarRocks, Druid, HBase, Milvus, graph or KV store.
  • Engage in system performance tuning and troubleshooting, ensuring service stability and high availability.
  • Analyze and solve user problems combining user scenarios, and collaborate with the product team to develop and optimize features based on business requirements.
  • Contribute to running the engines on Kubernetes, and explore using AI / LLMs to solve complex problems in troubleshooting and governance.
  • Write and maintain related technical documentation and SOPs.
  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.
  • Proficient in Java (or C++, Go or Python), with a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms.
  • Basic understanding of Big Data / OLAP components and their internal mechanisms (HDFS, Presto/Trino, ClickHouse, Druid, HBase, etc), and comfortable with SQL.
  • Excellent team collaboration and communication skills, able to respond and resolve issues promptly.
  • Experience with OLAP technologies and data modeling is highly desirable.

Good To Have

  • Previous coursework, projects or internships in the Big Data or database domain.
  • An interest in cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes.
  • Interest in open-source contributions and eagerness to learn from the open-source community.
  • Interest in using AI to solve complex engineering problems.

About Shopee

Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is a platform tailored for the region, providing customers with an easy, secure and fast online shopping experience through strong payment and logistical support. Shopee aims to continually enhance its platform and become the region’s e-commerce destination of choice via ongoing product optimisation and localised user-centred strategies. Shopee, a Sea company, was first launched in Singapore in 2015, and has since expanded its reach to Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Sea is a leader in digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services across Greater Southeast Asia. Sea's mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology, and is listed on the NYSE under the symbol SE. The Shopee team is rapidly expanding across the region and we are constantly on the lookout for talents who have the passion and drive to become part of our dynamic team.

Posted 30 Oct 2026