Lead Backend Engineer - Golang & Scalable Systems

Krom; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 420,000,000 - 750,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Krom in Jakarta is seeking a Senior Backend Engineering Lead to direct an engineering team responsible for core features across platforms. You will own technical design, project estimation, and execution for large-scale services using Golang and modern cloud infrastructure.

You will partner with management to align work with company priorities, enforce best practices for high availability, and mentor engineers while shaping production reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field.
• Extensive backend development experience with Go.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and high-throughput pipelines.
• Proficient in HTTP, RESTful APIs, OAuth, and security best practices.
• Experience with AWS/GCP and modern cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor backend engineers to build scalable features.
• Define technical designs, estimates, and delivery plans.
• Enforce clean architecture and best practices across the stack.
• Collaborate with product and front-end teams to align roadmaps.
• Monitor production systems and optimize performance and uptime.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and team development.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Analytical Thinking

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Golang

Kafka

SQS

RESTful APIs

OAuth

SQL/NoSQL databases

AWS

GCP

Job description

Krom in Jakarta is seeking a Senior Backend Engineering Lead to direct an engineering team responsible for core features across platforms. You will own technical design, project estimation, and execution for large-scale services using Golang and modern cloud infrastructure.

You will partner with management to align work with company priorities, enforce best practices for high availability, and mentor engineers while shaping production reliability and performance.