Senior Backend Engineer - Bibit - Jakarta

PT Bibit Tumbuh Bersama; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 420,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PT Bibit Tumbuh Bersama is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to own server-side logic and integrate with front-end platforms in Jakarta. Translate business needs into scalable software, mentor teammates, and lead technical initiatives.

Responsibilities include building clean APIs, optimizing performance, reviewing code, collaborating with product, QA, and UI teams, and exploring new tools to keep the stack modern and reliable.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proven Node.js with TypeScript and Golang experience.
• Experience with messaging/streaming platforms and microservices.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement best practices for maintainable quality code.
• Optimize existing code for performance and conduct code reviews.
• Develop partnerships with engineers and product managers to better understand and implement product requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and UI team to deliver features and improvements.
• Build & maintain a strong team of developers that consistently deliver solid results.
• Monitor and adapt the team's pace to instill a sense of urgency for progress.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Golang

Microservices

AWS

GCP

Kafka

Git

GitLab

CI/CD

Team leadership

Frontend collaboration

Tools

Git

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Apache Kafka

Job description

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Senior Backend Engineer responsible for our serverside application logic and its integration with the front-end platforms. In this position, you will use your programming skills and tools to analyze and translate business/feature requirements into well-structured, efficient, scalable software. You will also provide leadership and mentoring to the team on technical aspects. You will also be actively involved in researching new technologies/tools that can be incorporated to improve the current system.

• Implement best practices for maintainable quality code
• Optimize existing codes to improve performance and efficiency and provide peers code reviews,
• Develop partnerships with engineers and product managers to better understand and implement product requirements
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and UI team to deliver features and improvements
• Build & maintain a strong team of developers that consistently deliver solid results
• Monitor and adapt the team's pace to instill a sense of urgency for progress.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proven experience in Node.js (mandatory: TypeScript) and Golang (plus point).
• Knowledge of coding standards and best practices for production environments.
• Experience with message queuing and streaming platforms (Amazon SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Apache Kafka) for scalable, event-driven architectures.
• Strong grasp of microservices.
• Familiarity with Golang and Node.js tools and frameworks.
• Proficient with version control systems, particularly Git and GitLab.
• Experience deploying to cloud services (AWS/GCP) and using integration pipelines.
• Self-motivated, with a passion for keeping up with backend development trends.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Good self-management skills, particularly in timeline adherence.