Senior Staff Engineer

About SleekFlow

Join SleekFlow, a thriving SaaS startup that is experiencing rapid growth globally thanks to the support of renowned investors like Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and Tiger Global. Our mission is to develop the next generation of Conversational AI, empowering customer interactions across all channels—from messaging to voice—and enhancing business workflows and processes.

You will have the opportunity to thrive alongside the company through equity options. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and assume a larger role, we look forward to meeting you!

At SleekFlow, we have developed an all-in-one Omnichannel Conversation AI Suite that drives conversions through conversations. Our platform seamlessly integrates with popular channels such as WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, WeChat, Email, and more, providing comprehensive communication solutions. With our AI customer engagement platform, enterprises can automate growth by enhancing productivity across their sales, marketing, and support teams.

Our engineering culture is at the heart of our operations. When you join our team of highly skilled developers, you'll immerse yourself in an environment that fosters rapid learning and continuous professional development.

As we aggressively expand into emerging markets, we seek adventurous, diverse, and passionate individuals to join us on this exciting journey. Join our team and grow your career with SleekFlow!

Learn more from our blogs for developers: https://sleekflow.io/blog/category/developer-blog

Lead Level

Location: Hong Kong

Prior Experience in SaaS/ Software Industry is preferred

Language: Business-level fluency in English and fluent in Chinese

Role

You'll join a dynamic team of 50 engineers, product managers, and UI/UX designers. You’ll collaborate with engineering management to drive roadmaps, strategic initiatives, and AI projects to level up platform scalability and AI capabilities. While influencing high-level direction, you’ll remain deeply engaged in hands-on problem-solving, tackling complex challenges that push the boundaries of our systems.

Responsibilities
• You will work with CTO and CPO to shape business and technology strategy and roadmap.
• You will lead the design and execution of the AI infrastructure that powers multiple lines of business.
• You will drive architectural decisions and implementation across the engineering teams.
• You will lead the team to scale existing systems as well as building out brand new tools and infrastructure.
• You will coach and mentor engineers and establish a culture of customer first, innovation, and engineering excellence.
• You will define the bar for quality and efficiency of software systems while balancing meeting immediate customer needs and building solid technical foundations.

Qualifications
• Degree in Computer Science, Maths or any other relevant degrees
• 8+ years of work experience in microservice architecture, Kubernetes, and distributed systems and database
• 8+ Experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript)
• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or other equivalents
• Be flexible and grow and learn quickly in a startup environment
• A strong team player with a keen eye for detail and a passion for our products; Attitude is the single most important attribute our team values
• Executive-level interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills

What We Offer
• Attractive compensation package including a 13th-month salary
• Stock options in a rapidly growing startup
• A fun, diverse, and international team culture
• Comprehensive group medical insurance
• Transport allowance
• Examination & education allowance
• Paid birthday leave
• Flexible work-from-home policy
• “Work From Anywhere” scheme
• Rewarding continuous learning from experienced team leads
• Many more exciting perks and growth opportunities!

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate.

SleekFlow is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.