About

Tech@Shopee Virtual Career Day 2021 is a series of online webinars which aims to bring you behind the scenes with our Shopee tech teams. Our tech teams are expanding and we are looking for outstanding tech talents to join our growing team. So get ready to learn about our Machine Learning, Design, Engineering, and Product Management teams!

Programme your Tech Career with Shopee today!

What to Expect?

Eligibility

Who can join?
  • Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate planning a career, working professional looking for a mid-career change or simply looking for an opportunity to venture into tech in Singapore, we welcome you to join us!
  • Participants from across the region are also warmly invited.
How to join?
  • Fill in the registration form. Look out for our confirmation email and you’re set to go!
Program

25 September

Start Time
End Time
Session #1
Session #2
10:00 AM
10:05 AM
Opening Address
10:05 AM
11:05 AM
Backend Engineering at Scale — Checkout & Order
Problem Solving with Design
11:05 AM
11:15 AM
Break Time
11:15 AM
12:15 PM
AI-Powered Search in Shopee
Uncovering What a Marketplace Product Manager Does
12:15 PM
12:25 PM
Break Time
12:25 PM
12:50 PM
Mass Q&A
12:50 PM
1:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Announcements
1:00 PM
End of Day1

2 October

Start Time
End Time
Session #1
Session #2
10:00 AM
10:05 AM
Opening Address
10:05 AM
11:05 AM
App Development in Shopee
Enabling Financial Inclusion Through a Career in FinTech Product Management
11:05 AM
11:15 AM
Break Time
11:15 AM
12:15 PM
Machine Learning for Liveness Check (Facial Recognition)
Unfolding the Journey of a Parcel: Supply Chain with Technology
12:15 PM
12:5 PM
Break Time
12:25 PM
12:50 PM
Mass Q&A
12:50 PM
1:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Announcements
1:00 PM
End of Day2

25 September

Time
Session #1
Session #2
10:00am - 10:05am
Opening Address
10:05am - 11:05am
Backend Engineering at Scale — Checkout & Order
Problem Solving with Design
11:05am - 11:15am
Break Time
11:15am - 12:15am
AI-Powered Search in Shopee
Uncovering What a Marketplace Product Manager Does
12:15am - 12:25pm
Break Time
12:25pm 12:50pm
Mass Q&A
12:50am - 1:00pm
Closing Remarks & Announcements
1:00pm
End of Day1

2 October

Time
Session #1
Session #2
10:00am - 10:05am
Opening Address
10:05am - 11:05am
App Development in Shopee
Enabling Financial Inclusion Through a Career in FinTech Product Management
11:05am - 11:15am
Break Time
11:15am - 12:15am
Machine Learning for Liveness Check (Facial Recognition)
Unfolding the Journey of a Parcel: Supply Chain with Technology
12:15am - 12:25pm
Break Time
12:25pm 12:50pm
Panel Discussion & Q&A
12:50am - 1:00pm
Closing Remarks & Announcements
1:00pm
End of Day2

What can you expect from each sharing session?

More About Sessions and Speakers

Day 1
25 September
Day 2
2 October

Shopee Design Team

Problem Solving with Design

About the speaker

Alden
Alden is part of the Search, Recommendations & Ads Design team. His work covers a variety of consumer and enterprise projects to deliver the best possible user experience to buyers & sellers alike, while continuously discovering new customer opportunities in the process.
“Growth happens when you are comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

Shopee Engineering Team

Backend Engineering at Scale — Checkout & Order

About the speaker

Edwin
Edwin is the Engineering lead of the Marketplace Checkout Backend team, and is currently focusing on building reliable, maintainable, and performant checkout services. Aside from solving challenging technical problems, he is also a big supporter of continuous learning and growth in his team.
“When I see a challenge, I see an opportunity to grow instead.”
Thomas
Thomas is the technical lead of the Marketplace Order Backend Team, and is focused on building highly scalable services to support the business’ rapid growth. Apart from leading his team, he enjoys coming up with novel solutions for the unique challenges faced by Shopee. He also believes in the human capacity to learn, and that nothing is impossible when working as a team.
“Together, we can achieve more.”
Xian You
Xian You is the Engineering lead of the Marketplace Order team. He has been with Shopee since its inception, and has worked on Payments, Logistics, and the Operations portal. Now, he leads a team of engineers to build the lifecycle of orders flowing through the Shopee marketplace, with a focus on architecture, people, and culture. He hopes to empower the next generation of software engineers to grow not just in their technical skills, but also as responsible and fulfiled individuals who are able to create impact in their own way.
“To give is a gift.”

Shopee Algorithm Engineering Team

AI-Powered Search in Shopee

About the speaker

Thao
Thao is a Machine Learning Engineer from the Search team, where she works on projects to enhance the Shopee Search feature. Thao is now working on improving Shopee’s Search Recall.
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
Zhiqiang
Zhiqiang is an expert engineer from the Search team, and works on projects relating to search ranking and ranking algorithms.
“Every project is a bridge that connects research and the real world.”

Shopee Product Management Team

Uncovering What a Marketplace Product Manager Does

About the speaker

Samuel
Samuel is a product manager from the Marketplace Landing team. He has worked on several front end pages like the Homepage and Product Details Page, and has shipped out numerous cross team and high impact features benefitting buyers and sellers alike. He is currently managing a team of new product management professionals in Shopee.
“Don't let perfection be the enemy of progress.”
Terrence
Terrence is a product manager from the Marketplace Order Team. He is currently leading the Retail Order sub-team, which is responsible for driving solutions that support Shopee Retail business. He has also been involved in projects that enhance the Shopee warehouse fulfillment service.
“Being able to make an impact on the lives of many is what keeps me motivated.”

FAQ

The registration will close on 24 September 2021, 12pm (Singapore Time).

It will be held online. More details will be shared with registered attendees nearer to the date of the event.

You don’t have to! You can join the session you are interested in by indicating your preference in the registration form.

Yes, you can join in at the specified time.

You may refer to our website careers.shopee.sg for more information or follow us on LinkedIn to get the latest updates for our upcoming webinars.

No, the content will be different!

No, we welcome everyone!

No, your registration is confirmed once you have signed up. More details will be sent in another email nearer to the date of the event.

We will send out the confirmation email by 24 September, 5pm (SGT). If you did not receive it then, please check your junk mail or email tech.sg@shopee.com.

The webinars will not be recorded.

The slides will not be shared.

You can apply for the role you are interested in at careers.shopee.sg.

Contact

If you have any enquiries, please send an email to tech.sg@shopee.com.