Director of Engineering, Full Stack

We at Indepay | Setara Networks are here to revolutionize the Indonesian payment ecosystem by introducing one-click checkout services in order to make transactions zero-fee, instant, and rewarding for the consumer.

On one side we’re working with financial institutes to enable real-time account to account transfers through our platform, and on the other side we’re giving consumers a reliable and secure payment experience which is better than anything else they’ve experienced in the Indonesian ecosystem.

Where We Are Now: Series A Startup with Boundless Opportunities!

Our Vision for Payment Transformation: We’re on a mission to disrupt the traditional online payment landscape. By pioneering a faster, safer, and incredibly simple payment solution, we're challenging the status quo of virtual account payments and setting a new standard for seamless transactions, enabling payment in just 20 seconds powered by open banking regulatory framework.

Strategic Partnership with Top Brands: As we build a new category in one-click fast payments, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside industry leaders, partnering with top-tier D2C brands ranging from telco providers, banks, FnB, and OTT to create a network that redefines the future of online payments.

Your Opportunity to Innovate: If you're passionate about innovation and eager to make a significant impact, this is your chance to be part of something truly transformative and create value.

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on professional for this position, with experience on complete SDLC for products/components in highly scalable lending/credit rating platforms across ecommerce/enterprise software/supply chain management/network distribution systems. The ideal Talent must have built system(s) across phases from R&D/development to deployment/adoption/implementation in market for at least 1 high transacting (built for millions of transactions with millions of users) systems, with quantifiable user and transactions scale while ensuring system/platform stability, security, availability, failover/redundancy, and performance for initial implementation/deployment through increasing usage.

For the role, we are hiring professionals for our Engineering Excellence Center based in Gurgaon. We are looking for B. Tech/M. Tech/PhD/MCA candidates from premier colleges and with backgrounds in an early-stage product company.

Join a multicultural team at the epicenter of transforming Indonesia's future payment industry. Seize this rare opportunity to be a game changer in an environment that thrives on innovation and collaboration. Don't miss out on the chance to be part of a live, dynamic company ready to soar to new heights in the coming year.

What your current role should be like?

• You should have 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in designing and delivering highly scalable and reliable full-stack systems, ideally in high-transaction environments (e.g., payments, e-commerce, or SaaS platforms).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams (10+ engineers) while fostering a collaborative and innovative environment to deliver top-notch products within tight deadlines.
• Expertise in modern software architecture (e.g., microservices, distributed systems) and technologies, including Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, and leading cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
• Hands-on experience in end-to-end SDLC, from R&D to deployment, and proficiency in DevOps practices, ensuring high system availability and performance.
• Demonstrated success in driving data-driven decisions through performance metrics, system logs, and collaboration across teams to deliver impactful business solutions.

What will you do?

Strategizing for Technology/Platform:

• Fully own the Company’s Lending Platform across ecommerce/enterprise software/supply chain management/network distribution systems to lead the development projects for success of the platform while ensuring security, stability, availability, performance, compliance and maintainability of the platform.
• Contribute to defining technology roadmap envisioning the tech stacks required to scale the business with a long-term technology vision.
• Build and leverage relationships with internal and external stakeholders for creating, managing and delivering various releases of the platform instituting best engineering practices.
• Research and suggest new technology, applications and protocols, stay up-to-date with new technology trends, participate in technology POCs and would support evaluation of different technologies and platforms.
• Contribute to cross organizational goals with other technology leaders/managers to participate and deliver on various initiatives and activities.

Delivery, Project & Technical Management:

• Create and manage end-to-end detailed development plans for self as IC and for team and will identify budget, resource requirements, and costing. Set and manage expectations, communicate, and execute goals within timelines with top-notch quality.
• Lead the platform release deployments for the market(s) by executing appropriate well documented and approved plans.
• Review business requirements, and draft/review the PRDs/Functional requirements for the platform and releases while being responsible for backend, infrastructure, architecture, scalability & server-side engineering.
• Define engineering processes and will work towards their continuous improvement and champion the software engineering practices and processes from planning, to architecting and designing, coding, review, and testing.
• Lead/support various testing, audit and certification activities.
• Create various project reports for the management team.
• Participate in peer reviews of architecture, design and code.
• Recruit and grow a team of driven engineers who have high expectations by helping them in their goal setting and career growth.
• You will foster a collaborative culture that embodies our principles.
• You will manage outsourced engineering workforce and contractors to get the best out of them in a cost-effective way.
• You will define and measure various development KPIs and will seek continuous improvement in quality and productivity.

Requirements

What do you have?

Domain:

• SME level knowledge in ecommerce/enterprise software/supply chain management, category, item and cart management.
• Demonstrable experience in building a team for product development.
• Excellent knowledge in agent/retailer based distribution network systems for financial and VAS to consumers.
• Concrete experience in delivering projects by working with cross functional teams, collaborating with different business stakeholders.

Technology:

• At least 6 years of experience as a Java/System architect.
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+ and J2EE.
• Experience in developing distributed systems is a plus.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Spring Boot.
• Expert level knowledge in identification and application of design & architecture patterns.
• At least architected and delivered one microservices based project end to end.
• Should have experience with agile & scrum, and DevOps deployment (and automation) methodologies.
• Strong application knowledge of any queuing systems like SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka.
• Must have working knowledge with clustered queuing systems, debugging queues when the system fails.
• Experience in building centralized log management. Experience with ELK stack will be appreciated.
• Experience in developing cache management systems is appreciated but not mandatory but exposure to such systems like Redis, Memcache etc. is required.
• Good understanding of server technologies and working experience with Tomcat, Apache, JBoss etc.
• Working experience with different versioning and CI/CD pipeline tools like Github, cloud build, cloud run, jenkins etc.
• Either worked or knew how to architect applications for HA server configuration.
• Must have worked with servers in HA mode (JBoss, Oracle Goldfish etc.).
• Experience in developing and maintaining fault tolerant large scale enterprise applications.
• Working knowledge with Linux/Unix environments.
• Exposure to containerisation and tools like Docker and Kubernetes is appreciated.
• Basic scripting knowledge appreciated.
• Strong knowledge in one of the leading cloud platforms is mandatory. GCP preferred.
• Working knowledge with postgresql databases is mandatory.
• Experience with nosql databases like Mongodb, Cassandra etc. are good to have.
• Experience with one of the API management tools like Apigee, Mulesoft anypoint, kong etc.
• Experience in developing and deploying API through any API management platform.
• Experience in defining and tracking the api traffic and client behavioral metrics.
• Exposure to big data technologies is appreciated but not mandatory.
• Working experience with different versioning and CI/CD pipeline tools like Github, cloud build, cloud run, jenkins etc.
• In depth knowledge on java concurrency and multi-threading is a must have.
• At least 5 years, working for a startup in a delivery role in Series B funding stage will be preferred.
• Any certifications highlighting the skill set is desirable but not mandatory.

Delivery, Project Management:

• Continuous contribution as an Individual contributor for development.
• You have used project planning tools like MS Project, Project Plan 365, JIRA etc to create and own project plans, identifying budget, resource requirements, dependencies, and risks.
• You have managed, mentored and developed a team of 5-10 high performing engineers by helping them in their goal setting and career growth.
• You have managed outsourced engineering workforce and contract workers.

Soft Skills:

• Good at communicating (written and verbal) with various audiences ranging from reports, to internal stakeholders, and a variety of external stakeholders.
• You thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• You deliver on your commitments without fail.
• You have an analytical and data-driven approach in day-to-day work.
• You are always energetic and work well under pressure.
• You are affable and know your way around the organization.
• You have excellent communication skills and have the ability to impact and influence.
• You have an unparalleled attitude and determination to succeed against all odds.
• You can multi-task and have excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
• You are a strategic thinker who understands business opportunities to create a competitive advantage.
• You have excellent problem solving and analytical skills, and can think outside the box to proactively provide the right solution.
• You have a keen eye for detail.
• You stay positive and bring out the best in a team.
• You are independent, self-motivated and a fast learner.
• Patience and perseverance are your key attributes.

What do we offer?

You will be working alongside other passionate and talented people in a beautiful, spacious and well lighted office with all the perks and flexibility of a coveted technology product company. Besides, you will have a sense of purpose and excitement as we offer:

• An opportunity to make a positive impact on the world by providing basic financial services to unbanked and underbanked people worldwide.
• An opportunity to define and develop a product for the global market.
• An opportunity to be part of the core team who will build a global company and define its culture and processes.
• An opportunity to move horizontally or vertically across geographies through multiple career paths.
• An opportunity to work at the frontier of modern banking solutions technology.

Of course, we do have competitive salaries, long term incentives and many other generous benefits. We promote entrepreneurship culture and look forward to a budding ground for future entrepreneurs.