Head of Engineering/Engineering Manager - BE

Ajaib Group; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 600,000,000 - 1,200,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ajaib Group is seeking a technology leader to steward our high-scale distributed backend and drive the architectural vision for a Digital Bank. You will translate business objectives into scalable system designs that meet observability, performance, and security targets.

As a people leader, you will mentor managers and engineers, align technical roadmaps with business goals, and ensure durable backend stability across Java/Go services and SQL layers in a regulated financial environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with leadership experience guiding multiple teams.
• Experience with high-concurrency, large-scale distributed environments (e.g., 30M+ transactions/users).
• Strong knowledge of backend architectures, observability, performance, and security in regulated financial environments.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term technical direction for high-traffic microservices.
• Bridge business objectives with engineering execution and roadmaps for the Digital Bank.
• Mentor and develop leaders to build a high-performance, accountable engineering culture.
• Improve engineering processes to scale innovation while maintaining stability.

Skills

Architectural stewardship

System design mastery

Distributed systems

Leadership

Stakeholder management

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.