Backend Engineer - VN

About Us:

AIRR Labs is a fast-growing E-commerce & Social Commerce company building lasting connections between brands and consumers in Southeast Asia. We provide a full suite of solutions that enable brands to bring their unique stories to life across the online customer journey.

Our Technology team is dedicated to building innovative AI tools that generate high-quality content, images, and videos to empower businesses to scale efficiently.

Our mission is to revolutionize content creation through cutting-edge artificial intelligence, enabling our clients to achieve unparalleled growth and creativity.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilledBackend Engineer to join our team. You will design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure server-side applications that power our products and services. The ideal candidate is passionate about building efficient systems, has strong problem-solving skills, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build high-concurrency backend services using Go or Java to support global e-commerce scale.
• Develop and optimize AI-powered search features, including vector-based semantic search and integration with LLM-driven workflows.
• Build and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability and optimized performance for large-scale media assets.
• Implement event-driven architectures and microservices that communicate via high-performance message brokers.
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment in a containerized environment.
• Collaborate on the design of complex database schemas (Postgres) and search index mappings (OpenSearch) to ensure data integrity and query efficiency.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2+ years of professional experience in backend development (can be open to young talents with less experience), with a strong preference for Go (Golang) or Java.
• Proven experience with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS), including deep knowledge of storage optimization and serverless components.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and search engines like OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with modern AI concepts, vector embeddings and integrating with AI APIs to build smart features.
• Solid understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and modern observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience handling / processing high-traffic APIs is a plus.
• Good English communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with regional teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Skills (Optional):

• Experience with Vector Databases (e.g. OpenSearch Vector Engine).
• Knowledge of building and optimizing Digital Asset Management (DAM) or content delivery systems.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or AWS CDK.