Lead Web Platform Engineer — Architecture & Growth

Petrolink; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; IDR 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Innovative projects

Collaborative teamwork

Long-term opportunities

Job summary

Petrolink is seeking a lead web developer to build and scale high-performance web applications and platform services in Jakarta. You will blend hands-on engineering with technical leadership to deliver scalable, reliable systems for real-time data workloads.

You will collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Operations to set technical direction, drive delivery, and promote engineering excellence across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with full‑stack web development.
• Expertise in frontend frameworks (Angular, React).
• Strong backend experience (Node.js).
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems.
• Familiar with event‑driven architectures and message brokers.
• Experience in Agile environments and leading distributed teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and design of scalable, high‑availability web platforms and services.
• Lead design discussions, perform architectural reviews, and make key technical decisions.
• Define engineering standards, coding practices, and system design principles.
• Drive adoption of modern architectures, including microservices and event‑driven systems.
• Design and build web applications using modern frameworks (Angular/React) and backend services (Node.js).
• Develop and scale distributed systems with a focus on performance, resilience, and observability.
• Define API strategies and integration patterns across services and external systems.
• Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines and high‑quality release processes.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing distributed engineering team.
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance across all levels of experience.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Own delivery timelines, technical risks, and quality outcomes across projects.
• Work closely with Product Managers, QA, and Operations to align on priorities and execution.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks impacting delivery.
• Evaluate new technologies, tools, and architectural approaches.
• Drive improvements in engineering processes, system performance, and developer productivity.
• Promote best practices in documentation, testing, and maintainability.

Skills

Full-stack development

Frontend frameworks

Backend development

Distributed systems design

Agile experience

Leadership skills

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

Job description

Petrolink is seeking a lead web developer to build and scale high-performance web applications and platform services in Jakarta. You will blend hands-on engineering with technical leadership to deliver scalable, reliable systems for real-time data workloads.

You will collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Operations to set technical direction, drive delivery, and promote engineering excellence across distributed teams.