Senior Software Engineer 2

Visa Hunt; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 360,000,000 - 720,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mekari is Indonesia's leading SaaS company seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to write server-side logic, build back-end components, and integrate with third-party services. You will help develop plugins for frameworks (Ruby & Go), create scalable data processing, and contribute to system architecture while collaborating with a remote overseas engineering team where English is required.

The role emphasizes building features, APIs, and services with a strong focus on problem-solving, testing, and

Qualifications

• AI-assisted development experience with AI tools and LLM APIs.
• 6+ years of engineering experience solving complex problems.
• Proficiency in Golang and Ruby on Rails; willingness to learn Rails.
• Strong understanding of OOP and MVC patterns.
• Familiarity with API design, microservices, and caching solutions.
• Curious, humble engineer with problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Write server-side logic for web applications.
• Develop back-end components and integrate with third-party services.
• Develop and integrate plugins for frameworks (Mekari uses Ruby & Go).
• Scale software products and data processing capabilities.
• Contribute to system architecture and design.
• Write clear, testable code with unit and integration tests.
• Collaborate with Lead Engineer, TPM, QA, and remote teams (English required).
• Build features and API services; solve technical problems.
• Continuously learn and improve; be a role model for juniors.

Skills

AI-assisted development

Golang

Ruby on Rails

OOP

MVC

TDD

APIs & Microservices

LLM APIs

Caching

English communication

Tools

Git

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:

• Responsible for writing server-side web application logic.
• Develop back-end components, connect the application with the other (often third-party) web services, and support the front-end developers by integrating their work with the application.
• Also required to develop and integrate plugins for frameworks (Mekari using Ruby & Go as its framework).
• Create scale for software product and data processing.
• Contribute to system architecture and design.
• Write clear, concise source-code, unit, and integration tests.
• Be able to think beyond code to create a good user experience.
• The Developer will work closely with the Lead Engineer, Technical Program Manager, and QA Engineer also works with our remote overseas engineering team (English is required).
• Build product features and/or API services.
• Solve technical problems.
• Continuously learning and improving.
• A role model for the junior software engineer team.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• AI-Assisted Development: Working proficiency with AI-assisted development (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) and LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
• Experienced developer with a proven track record in problem-solving.
• At least 6 years of working experience solving a complex problem through technology.
• Required skill(s): Golang (preferably) & Ruby on Rails, but open to other stack as long as having interest in learning Ruby on Rails.
• Experience in Object Oriented Programming and MVC.
• Experience in TDD & versioning tool.
• Good knowledge of API, microservices, and caching solutions.
• Humble and hungry engineer. Always curious, always looking for a better way.

Originally posted on Himalayas