Backend Engineer

Tentang Anak; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; IDR 167,400,000 - 334,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tentang Anak is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead backend architecture, mentoring engineers and driving technical improvements in their systems. You will own high-impact systems, make key architectural decisions, and ensure robust backend performance.

The role requires 5+ years in backend engineering, experience with microservices, and proficiency in PHP, NodeJS, and Golang. Join a growing company dedicated to supporting families through reliable technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience in fast-paced product environments.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining microservices architectures.
• Experience in performance tuning and implementing monitoring in production.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and maintain robust backend systems, including API development.
• Optimize performance and reliability of core backend services.
• Make sound technical decisions and guide architectural direction.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Microservices architecture

Performance tuning

Fluency in PHP (Laravel)

Fluency in NodeJS

Fluency in Golang

Experience with MySQL

Understanding of caching systems

Familiarity with API Gateway

Linux development

Tools

Docker

Git Flow

ElasticSearch

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Tentang Anak is Indonesia’s leading parenting platform, combining expert-backed content, commerce, and community to support millions of families. As our product and user base grow, the reliability, performance, and scalability of our backend systems become even more critical.

Senior Backend Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is ready to own complex systems, lead architecture decisions, mentor others, and drive lasting technical impact across our app and services.

What You’ll Own

• Backend Architecture & Development: Develop, design and maintain robust backend systems (monolithic and microservices), including API development and third-party integrations.
• Performance Optimization: Benchmark, refactor, and proactively improve performance and reliability of core backend services, caching layers, and data stores.
• Technical Leadership: Make sound technical decisions, review code at a high standard, guide architectural direction, and elevate team-wide engineering practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with PMs, QA, Infra/DevOps, and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business outcomes. And also supporting business operations.
• Mentorship & Team Growth: Actively coach junior and mid-level engineers, participate in hiring and interviews, and foster a culture of quality, speed, and ownership.

What Success Looks Like (6–12 Months)

• Owns high-impact backend systems, ensuring they’re reliable, scalable, and well-documented
• Makes key architectural decisions that reduce tech debt and support product velocity
• Coaches junior/mid engineers to greater independence and technical judgment
• Leads the successful delivery of features and infrastructure projects, including planning, estimation, and stakeholder communication
• Supports incident response and actively improves system observability and monitoring
• Participates in hiring by contributing to interviews, onboarding, and engineering culture-building

You’re a Fit If You…

• Have 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced product environments
• Have hands-on experience with building and maintaining microservices architectures, performance tuning, and implementing monitoring and observability in production environments
• Fluent in PHP (Laravel), NodeJS, and Golang, and experienced with MySQL
• Understand caching systems (Redis, Memcached), search (ElasticSearch), and event-driven architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Are familiar with API Gateway, CI/CD, TDD, Docker, Git Flow, and Linux development
• Know how to analyze logs, debug production issues, and make smart trade-offs under pressure
• Can balance engineering best practices with pragmatic decision-making when trade-offs are necessary
• Communicate clearly across teams, give and receive feedback well, and take initiative without waiting to be told
• Open to feedback, and know when to listen, when to challenge, and when to stand firm
• Care about building systems that are both technically sound and solve real user problems
• Experienced in integrating with 3rd party systems or vendors