Tech Lead - Backend

Electrum; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 500,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Electrum is seeking a Tech Lead in Indonesia to enhance its 2W electric mobility ecosystem. You will oversee backend architecture, guide engineers, and ensure system performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate will have 5–8 years of backend engineering experience with proficiency in languages like Go, Node.js, or Java, as well as strong leadership skills. Join us in shaping Indonesia's electric future!

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in backend engineering, leading technical initiatives.
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Node.js, Java, or similar.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and high-availability architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture design and ensure systems meet performance standards.
• Guide backend engineers through technical direction and best practices.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to translate requirements into solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Microservices

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

Node.js

Java

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Kafka

Job description

Electrum is building the digital backbone for Indonesia’s 2W electric mobility ecosystem. As a Tech Lead focused on backend systems, you will be responsible for leading technical design, architectural decisions, and engineering excellence across mission-critical services.

You will collaborate closely with product, mobile, IoT, and infrastructure teams to ensure performance, scalability, and reliability as the business rapidly expands.

About the Role

Electrum is building the digital backbone for Indonesia’s 2W electric mobility ecosystem. As a Tech Lead focused on backend systems, you will be responsible for leading technical design, architectural decisions, and engineering excellence across mission-critical services.

You will collaborate closely with product, mobile, IoT, and infrastructure teams to ensure performance, scalability, and reliability as the business rapidly expands.

What You Will Do

• Lead backend architecture design and ensure systems meet scale, performance, and security standards.
• Guide backend engineers through technical direction, code quality, reviews, and best practices.
• Own service development lifecycle from planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and incident resolution.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to translate requirements into scalable backend solutions.
• Design and optimize microservices, APIs, and integrations across internal and external systems.
• Identify and resolve system bottlenecks; drive observability, monitoring, and incident response improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, automation (CI/CD), and documentation.
• Mentor and grow backend team capability, fostering knowledge sharing and engineering excellence.
• Make build-versus-buy recommendations and contribute to technology roadmap decisions.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical fields.
• 5–8 years of experience in backend engineering, including experience leading technical initiatives or teams.
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Node.js, Java, or similar.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS/Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Solid knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, caching, and messaging systems.
• Proven track record of system design, decision-making, and delivering production-grade solutions.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical direction.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience building IoT or hardware-integrated systems.
• Background in fintech, mobility, logistics, EV, or other multi-system operational platforms.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (Kafka, Pub/Sub).
• Exposure to DevOps tools and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm).