Backend Engineering Manager: Scale Travel Platform

Traveloka; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 600,000,000 - 1,000,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Traveloka is seeking a Manager, Backend Engineering for the Ground Transport team in Jakarta. You will lead a small backend team, stay hands-on enough to maintain technical judgment, and oversee delivery and people leadership.

You will shape architecture, own on-call posture, and drive reliability improvements while building a high-performance culture with clear ownership and accountability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering, incl. small-team leadership.
• Proven delivery of backend projects end-to-end.
• Strong architectural judgment and on-call reliability.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical depth.

Responsibilities

• Own team delivery outcomes: roadmap, quality, and reliability.
• Set architectural direction and maintain high standards.
• Own on-call posture and drive reliability improvements.
• Foster a high-performance team culture with accountability.

Skills

Backend engineering

Leadership

System design

On-call management

AI tooling usage

Education

Bachelor in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Java/Scala

Job description

Traveloka is seeking a Manager, Backend Engineering for the Ground Transport team in Jakarta. You will lead a small backend team, stay hands-on enough to maintain technical judgment, and oversee delivery and people leadership.

You will shape architecture, own on-call posture, and drive reliability improvements while building a high-performance culture with clear ownership and accountability.