VP of Engineering

Amartha; Jakarta Selatan; Presencial; IDR 900.000.000 - 1.500.000.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Diversity & Inclusion

Equal opportunity

Learning & growth

Descripción de la vacante

Amartha is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead both strategic and technical directions for the engineering function in Jakarta. The role involves setting goals, hiring engineers, prioritizing projects, and hands-on product development to deliver scalable features from scratch.

The team comprises 100+ engineers who work with Product to create innovative solutions that drive Amartha’s growth, with a focus on data-intensive SaaS platforms and reliable systems.

Formación

• Experience leading 5-10 person squads
• Solid engineer hiring experience
• Experience in SaaS development
• Experience in open API development
• Experience with data-intensive applications
• Solid enterprise integration architecture knowledge
• GCP/Cloud infrastructure experience
• Experience with CI/CD and automated testing
• Familiar with event-driven architecture
• Fintech/banking sector experience preferred

Responsabilidades

• Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects
• Monitor reliability and performance of internal systems to suggest improvements
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations
• Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals, and timelines
• Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
• Hire engineers and coordinate their training
• Implement innovative technologies
• Coordinate with stakeholders for new integrations and tools

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Hiring engineers

Data-intensive apps

SaaS development

Open API development

Enterprise integration

Cloud architecture

Incident management

Agile practices

CI/CD

Automated testing

Event-driven architecture

Herramientas

GCP

Postgres

Cloud Run

Kafka

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

CI/CD tooling

Testing frameworks

Descripción del empleo

About the role,

the Head of engineering has both a strategic and a technical role inside the company. The strategic aspect includes setting goals for the team, hiring engineers, and prioritizing projects. The technical aspect is about getting actively involved in developing new products, identifying requirements, and setting timelines.

Before they can get this position, the head of engineering should have extensive experience as an engineer, they should have managed complex tech projects and know how to build products and features from scratch.

About the team,

Our technology/engineering is a group of 100+ talented people. Together with the Product teams, the gist of our role is to create innovative and scalable solutions to help Amartha grow its business.

Responsibilities

• Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects
• Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations
• Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals, and timelines
• Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
• Hire engineers and coordinate their training
• Implement innovative technologies
• Coordinate with stakeholders for new integrations and tools

• Experience in develop data intensive applications is a must
• Experience in SaaS development
• Experience in open API development
• Solid enterprise integration architecture knowledge
• Experience in leading 5-10 people squad
• Solid engineer hiring experience

• Hands-on GCP tech experience: Cloud SQL Postgres, Cloud Run, Pub/sub, etc.
• You have built a scalable architecture
• Experience with incident management
• Monitoring distributed system
• Agile practices: scrum or kanban
• Don't mind doing some coding works when required
• Experience with CI/CD
• Experience with automated testing
• Hiring software engineers
• Experience with team management
• Fintech/financial institution/banking experience
• Experience with Machine Learning will be a plus
• Have experience with TDD
• Have experience with refactoring large systems
• Have experience with event driven architecture
• Would be a plus if you have experienced with Kafka, Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus

At Amartha, we are dedicated to creating a workplace that celebrates diversity, ensures equity, and fosters inclusion. We believe that diverse perspectives—shaped by factors such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, education, culture, and life experiences—drive innovation and growth.

We actively welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us in building an environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities and foster a sense of belonging that enables our employees to thrive and make meaningfulcontributions.