Head of Engineering/Engineering Manager - BE

Ajaib Group; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 400,000,000 - 900,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ajaib Group seeks a senior technical leader to steward architectural direction for large-scale distributed backend systems. You will align business objectives with engineering execution, driving observability, security, and performance for a high-traffic platform.

This is a leadership role shaping the technical roadmap and organizational growth. You will manage multi-team delivery, cultivate a high-performance culture, and ensure Blitzscaling speed without sacrificing stability, all while

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term technical direction for high-traffic microservices.
• Bridge business objectives with engineering execution for the Digital Bank.
• Mentor and grow a scalable engineering organization.

Skills

Architectural stewardship

Strategic orchestration

Talent alchemy

Operational maturity

Leadership gravitas

Java/Go services

SQL

Observability

Security

Stakeholder management

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

SQL

Cloud platforms

Job description

You will be the primary steward of Ajaib’s technical resilience. Your role is to bridge the gap between visionary business objectives and world-class system design, ensuring that our infrastructure scales ahead of our user base.

Your Core Pillars of Impact

1. Architectural Stewardship: Drive the long-term technical direction for our high-traffic microservices. You will ensure our backend systems set the industry benchmark for observability, performance, and financial-grade security.
2. Strategic Orchestration: Serve as the vital link between C-suite objectives and engineering execution. You will manage complex stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, and the technical roadmap for our Digital Bank.
3. Talent Alchemy: You are a "Leader of Leaders." Through sophisticated coaching and mentorship, you will cultivate a high-performance culture rooted in accountability, technical excellence, and professional growth.
4. Operational Maturity: Refine engineering processes to increase innovation throughput. You will identify and eliminate systemic bottlenecks, ensuring the organization maintains "Blitzscaling" speed without compromising stability.

You are a tech-native leader who has successfully navigated the complexities of large-scale distributed environments.

• Technical Governance: Authoritative knowledge of modern system design and distributed state management. You are skilled at navigating the complexities of large-scale backend environments, ensuring that our Java/Go services and SQL layers are architectured for maximum durability and sub-millisecond performance.
• System Design Mastery: Well-versed in the trade-offs of event-driven architectures (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and the orchestration of complex asynchronous workflows in a regulated financial environment.
• The Track Record: 8+ years in software engineering with 3+ years managing multiple teams in a high-concurrency environment (e.g., 30M+ transactions/users).
• Leadership Gravitas: Proven experience building and scaling engineering organizations of 30-60+ people. You lead through empowerment and technical credibility, not through hierarchy.

The Communicator: Fluent in English. You can translate a complex architectural risk into a business-level decision for the Board of Directors.