Lead Software Engineer

Mekari; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; Hybrid; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in Indonesia seeks a Software Engineering Lead to guide a team of engineers in developing high-quality software solutions. Candidates should have at least 4 years of experience in web services, leadership skills, and a solid grasp of modern engineering practices. The position offers a competitive salary, premium health insurance, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary + daily allowance

Premium private health insurance

Flexible working hours

Notebook Ownership Program

Sports activities allowance

Strategic office location

Qualifications

• At least 6 months of experience in leading a software project.
• 4+ years of experience in web and backend service development.
• Familiarity with software development methods like TDD and Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Lead a squad of 3-4 engineers.
• Design customer solutions with stakeholders.
• Mentor junior developers and manage team documentation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Modern software engineering practices

Excellent communication skills

Willingness to learn Ruby on Rails and VueJs

Tools

Agile methodologies

Containers and container orchestration

Job description

Mekari is Indonesia's no. 1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. With our ecosystem of software solutions—including Mekari Jurnal, Mekari Talenta, Mekari Qontak, and Mekari Flex, we aim to facilitate entrepreneurs and leaders as they accelerate the digital transformation of their businesses.

In our 10+ years of journey we have reached over 1 Million platform users, and we're not planning to stop any time soon. We need more people like you: builders and owners with calculated ambition who are ready to #ElevateThroughImpact and raise Indonesia's software standard.

Job Description

• Lead a squad of 3-4 passionate engineers
• Work closely with Product Manager and other business stakeholders to design solutions that delight our customers
• Architect and develop high-quality software solutions
• Work with Technical Program Manager to run development lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, support)
• Work closely with DevOps to maintain the application in our infrastructure
• Mentor junior developers to develop their skills
• Manage knowledge within the team in form of written documentation surrounding technical requirements, deployments, and post-mortems

Requirements/Qualifications

• At least 6 months of experience in technically leading a software project. Experience as a people manager is a huge plus
• At least 4 years of experience in developing a medium-scale web and/or backend service as a team
• Solid understanding of modern software engineering practices such as TDD, continuous integration, code review, and microservices design patterns
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and frameworks such as Agile, XP, and Scrum
• Familiarity with containers and container orchestration
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with a focus on collaboration, understanding, and information sharing between team members and stakeholders
• Willingness to learn the tech stack being used by the team, primarily Ruby on Rails and VueJs

What You Will Get

• Competitive salary + daily allowance.
• Premium private health insurance (outpatient, inpatient, maternity, dental).
• Early access to salary + flex installment (employee loan) via Mekari Flex.
• Allowance for sports activities and glasses/contact lenses.
• Flexible working hours with a hybrid work culture.
• Annual and unpaid leaves from day 1 of join date + unlimited sick leave with doctor note.
• Notebook Ownership Program.
• Strategic office location, accessible by MRT.
• Friendly and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunity to build impactful solutions with Indonesia's no. 1 SaaS company.

Our team will review your application and will be in touch if your application is shortlisted to the next stage. If you do not hear from us in 30 days, we will keep your resume on file in case a relevant opportunity opens up.

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We wish you the best. Hope to see you around soon