Senior Backend Engineer

ASTRO; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 390,600,000 - 669,600,000; Full time

Job summary

ASTRO in Indonesia is a rapid delivery company seeking a senior backend engineer to lead scalable services across platforms. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to deliver features, optimize databases and system performance, and ensure reliable RPC/messaging integration.

You will also explore AI tools to boost development efficiency. Minimum 5–6 years as a Software Engineer with 3+ years in Golang; strong Redis, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, and observability tooling experience are

Qualifications

• 5–6 years of experience as a Software Engineer with backend focus.
• 3+ years in Golang for backend services.
• Experience with Redis, RPC, and message queues like Kafka.
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience in designing scalable, reliable systems.
• Familiar with monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, Datadog).
• Good SDLC practices, testing, deployment, maintenance.
• Curious and proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to define goals and priorities.
• Mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and enforce best practices.
• Translate requirements into technical solutions and development tasks.
• Break down engineering problems and estimate efforts.
• Oversee backend features delivery with Product team for timely, high-quality implementation.
• Own full product lifecycle from development to production and improvements.
• Explore and leverage AI tools to improve development efficiency.

Skills

Golang

Redis

Kafka

SQL/NoSQL

System design

Observability tools

SDLC

Tools

Grafana

Datadog

Job description

ASTRO is Indonesia's quick commerce company that delivers groceries and essentials to your door within 15 minutes. Founded in 2021 by a group of seasoned e-commerce executives and is backed trusted international investors, it is our mission to make people's lives simpler and easier by saving them time, energy, and money.

Just like real Astronauts that take off into outer space, Astro embodies the values of being fast, bold, adventurous, and technologically advanced.

Interested in working for a company that pushes the boundaries and strives to be the best? Join us now to be a part of this ground-breaking mission!

About this Position

This role focuses on leading a scalable backend services improvement to support our cross platform. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to lead the delivery of new features, optimize databases and system performance, and maintain reliable service communication through RPC and messaging systems. You will also research engineering best practices to ensure system stability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with stakeholders and product managers to define project goals and priorities.
• Mentoring and developing the engineers, performing code reviews, and enforcing best practices.
• Translate product requirements into clear technical solutions and actionable development tasks for your team.
• Break down complex engineering problems into manageable components and estimate development efforts accurately.
• Oversee backend features delivery in collaboration with the Product team, ensuring timely and high-quality implementation.
• Take ownership of the full product lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment to production, and continuous improvements or fixes.
• Explore and leverage AI tools or technologies to improve development efficiency and support practical implementation in daily engineering workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 5–6 years of experience as a Software Engineer, with strong exposure to backend system development.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience using Golang to build and maintain backend services or distributed systems.
• Solid experience working with Redis for caching, RPC or service-to-service communication, and message queue systems such as Kafka or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of database technologies, including both SQL and NoSQL, with the ability to design efficient data models and optimize queries.
• Experience in system design, including building scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems.
• Familiar with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Datadog to monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, including testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Ability to perform performance benchmarking, monitoring, and system optimization to ensure system reliability and efficiency.
• Possesses a curious and proactive mindset, continuously seeking feedback, learning new technologies, and exploring broader perspectives to improve engineering practices.