Engineering Manager - Backend

Ajaib; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; USD 30.000 - 50.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Indonesia seeks a Lead Software Engineer to oversee multiple teams in developing robust backend systems. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience, particularly in managing large-scale systems, with strong leadership and communication skills in both Indonesian and English. This role requires hands-on technical expertise in Java/Go and a strategic approach to team development, ensuring best practices in software engineering.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of total experience in software development.
• 3+ years of experience managing a team for large scale backend systems.
• Excellent people development skills and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams in software development and system maintenance.
• Ensure implementation of best practices for reliability and security.
• Collaborate with product managers, managing expectations and dependencies.

Skills

Java

Go

SQL

Caching

Message Queue

Agile Development

Communication

Leadership

Job description

• Lead multiple team of software engineers in the design, development, release, and maintenance of distributed backend system
• Define clear expectations, reviewing team performance, regularly provide constructive feedback to team members. Ensure the team can achieve the highest possible baseline
• Provide architectural oversight, drive technical direction, and proactively reviewing technical designs.
• Ensure the team implement best practices at observability, reliability, performance, security, and production support
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, and other engineering teams to define requirements, manage expectations, risks, and dependencies.
• Manage resource allocation, assist roadmap planning, and actively participate in hiring

• 8+ years of total experience with 3+ years of experience in managing a team in a large scale backend system development
• Hands-on experience in a technical design, software development, high traffic microservices maintenance, cloud based infrastructure, and event driven architecture
• Experience with backend technologies: Java and/or Go, SQL, advanced caching, and message queue
• Experience using an agile iterative software development and project monitoring tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (both Indonesian and English)
• Excellent people development skill, able to think strategically to lead the team members towards excellence and most importantly, leading by example