Senior Backend Engineer at RTX in SG-01-SINGAPORE-061 ~ 61 Seletar Aerospace View ~ SELETAR BLDG 61, Pratt & Whitney Singapore Component Repair

Job description

• This is an exciting opportunity as a Senior Backend Engineer, supporting the continued growth and evolution of Pratt & Whitney's AI-powered digital inspection solutions. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure backend systems and APIs that power our cutting-edge jet engine inspection platform across the global aftermarket network. If you are passionate about transforming complex engineering challenges into intuitive, high-performance digital experiences through data-driven development and emerging AI technologies, this may be the opportunity you've been looking for.
• You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and AI teams, as well as business stakeholders to design and deliver scalable digital solutions. This is a critical role supporting the continued growth of Pratt & Whitney's digital product portfolio by improving system reliability, accelerating solution delivery, and delivering exceptional customer experiences through user-centered architecture and continuous innovation.

Responsibilities

• Build state-of-the-art AI products that solve real-world customer problems.
• Implement, enhance, and maintain core backend features using Python, FastAPI, and MongoDB on Azure.
• Work in an international, high-ownership team that's hungry for growth with Agile, iterative, data-driven development.
• Collaborate closely with software, Product, and AI teams to ship AI-assisted engine inspection solutions for aviation professionals globally.
• Optimize backend performance and API responsiveness for reliability and scale.
• Help shape the tech stack and level up our backend systems.
• Contribute to quality assurance guidelines, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and developer tooling.
• Apply software development best practices to ensure high-quality code, maintainable architectures, and adherence to security and coding standards.
• Proactively surface and resolve performance bottlenecks and architectural risks.

Requirements

• You, be yourself, we value the diversity you bring to the team.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in Python backend development for SaaS platforms, with hands-on experience with FastAPI, MongoDB and Azure Cloud.
• You have strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive mindset to identify and address challenges to provide our customers with an outstanding experience.
• A track record of clean, maintainable, secure code and thoughtful architecture (you favor KISS over cleverness).
• You are curious, eager to learn, and committed to continuously expanding your knowledge within software development.
• Deep grasp of backend performance and API optimization. You can explain and defend your design choices.
• You are a team player who actively contributes ideas, gives and receives feedback regularly, and communicates early about issues, uncertainties, risks, and opportunities.
• Self-directed, proactive, and reliable at managing your own time and deadlines.
• You are familiar with an Agile/Kanban environment and embody an agile mindset and lean principles.
• Familiarity with Redis.
• Experience with Kubernetes, specifically AKS.
• Experience with enterprise or aviation software products.
• Experience collaborating with globally distributed teams.

Skills

Required

• Python
• FastAPI
• MongoDB
• Azure Cloud
• Backend development
• API optimization
• Agile/Kanban
• CI/CD
• Monitoring
• Developer tooling
• Security and coding standards

Preferred

• Redis
• Kubernetes (AKS)
• Enterprise or aviation software products
• Globally distributed teams

Benefits

• Career and skills development opportunities
• Employee scholarship program for further education.
• Comprehensive health, medical and dental benefits.
• On-the-job training and in-house/external certifications.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• Allowance and overtime benefits where applicable.
• Company transport provided.