Software Engineer 2 - Backend (Freelance)

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 eager to grow and create their #BiggestImpact.

Job Description:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable backend systems for thousands of businesses.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code in Go.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features that delight our customers.
• Participate in troubleshooting and debugging complex issues in production environments.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Tech Stack:

• Go
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• Kubernetes

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience developing and maintaining Go service in a production environment.
• At least 2 years of experience working in an engineering team of a software product company (plus point if coming from a SaaS Company).
• Good understanding of modern software engineering practices such as TDD, continuous integration, code review, and microservices design patterns.
• Good knowledge and experience in scalable and high-performance systems, especially in containers and container orchestration (i.e. Kubernetes/Docker Swarm).
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and frameworks such as Agile or Scrum.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with a focus on collaboration, understanding, and information sharing between team members and stakeholders.

Freelance Period: 6 months
Working Arrangements for This Position:

• 18-24 days in office / quarter.
• Minimum 5 days in office / month.
• 40 hours a week (documented via timesheet/work log).
• Semi-flexible working hours, need to be reachable from 9am - 6pm.
• Expected to be reachable if there's a production incident for the feature you develop.
• Will prioritize candidates who are able to join immediately.

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.

Don't forget to check our Recruitment FAQ at https://bit.ly/FAQMekariRecruitment [ENG] or https://bit.ly/FAQRekrutmenMekari [INA] to find the answers to commonly asked questions regarding our recruitment process.

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