Backend Engineer Intern - Search (Spring/Summer 2026)

About the team

You will be joining the Shopee E-commerce Search Engineering Team. The team is responsible for the systems that handle search services for billions of users on the Shopee platform, addressing challenges related to international cross-border/local market search and algorithm model training and inferencing. We are currently focused on extracting value from data, developing popular search products for consumers, and enhancing search experience and efficiency. We welcome capable R&D engineers and architects to join us in creating faster, more accurate, and user-friendly search products.

 

What you'll do

• Responsible for the development and maintenance of Shopee's e-commerce search user-end products, efficiently supporting business operations and continuously improving the user search experience.
• Participate in the evolution of the search backend systems and architecture, continuously enhancing performance, stability, and resource efficiency to safeguard business-side innovations and improve personal technical skills.
• Stay updated on the latest trends in search business and technology, responsible for the introduction and implementation of new technologies, providing more possibilities for business innovation.

 

Requirements

• Possess a degree and work experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related fields.
• Possess strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms, as well as system design skills, and be familiar with Linux-based development and common technical components.
• Passionate about technical challenges, self-driven, and able to deliver project requirements on time.
• Excellent communication skills, an efficient team collaborator, and highly responsible.