Technical Lead

PT Hubexo Asia Indonesia; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 300.000.000 - 400.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in Jakarta is seeking a Technical Lead to lead a team of engineers, focusing on SaaS platform development. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in software development, with a strong background in Python and AWS. Responsibilities include mentoring staff, designing scalable systems, and optimizing cloud infrastructure. Proficiency in Elasticsearch and experience with large datasets are crucial. Join a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment driven by innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of professional experience in software development.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python and backend development.
• Solid experience with AWS Cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Design and implement scalable systems using Python and Elasticsearch.
• Oversee and enhance AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Work closely with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams.

Skills

Python

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

AWS

AngularJS

API design

Distributed systems

Microservices

Tools

AWS Console

DBT

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery, technical growth, and strong collaboration.
• Stay hands-on in development, architecture, and troubleshooting, and not only managerial.
• Design and implement scalable and efficient systems using Python, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL.
• Architect solutions for large-scale, data-intensive applications that are search-heavy.
• Work closely with the Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to build and maintain a robust SaaS platform.
• Drive system design, technical decision‑making, and engineering best practices across the team.
• Oversee and enhance our AWS cloud infrastructure, leveraging services such as Serverless, EC2, Glue Jobs, and Step Functions to ensure performance, reliability, security, and cost optimization.
• Have experience with at least 1‑2 modern web frameworks such as AngularJS, and similar modern programming languages to help build processes and web components that ensure code quality.
• Lead technical investigations, resolve complex production issues, and optimize system performance.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable development plans.
• Ensure smooth delivery in agile environments, including planning, code reviews, documentation, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) improvements.

Who You Are

• 5–7+ years of professional experience in software development, with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Good professional communication in English.
• Strong hands‑on expertise in Python, backend development, and API design.
• Experience working with large datasets, search engines, and high‑performance data pipelines.
• Deep knowledge of ElasticSearch — indexing, querying, optimization, scaling, and cluster management.
• Solid experience with AWS Cloud services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Experience in AWS, working with the AWS Console, AWS SDK & AWS via cmd line.
• Experience with DBT is preferable.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL and advanced database design principles.
• Experience with AngularJS (legacy maintenance and improvement) or willingness to guide frontend engineers.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and modern architecture principles.
• Ability to lead technical decision‑making, mentor engineers, and uphold engineering standards.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with evolving requirements.
• Experience in SaaS platforms, ideally dealing with search, analytics, or data‑driven products.
• Having AWS Certification is a plus and preferred.

South Jakarta, Jakarta, ID

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Technical Lead