VP/SVP of Engineering

PT Amartha Mikro Fintek (Jakarta); Jakarta Selatan; On-site; IDR 300.000.000 - 400.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading microfinance company in Indonesia is seeking a Head of Engineering to oversee both strategic and technical responsibilities. You will manage front-end and back-end development teams, ensure compliance, and drive innovation in product development. The ideal candidate has extensive engineering experience, a background in SaaS and data-intensive applications, and a passion for fintech. Join us in empowering low-income families through accessible financial services in rural Indonesia.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as an engineer managing complex tech projects.
• Knowledge of how to build products and features from scratch.
• Experience with team management and hiring software engineers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects.
• Monitor reliability and performance of internal systems for improvements.
• Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals, and timelines.
• Design strategies for future development based on overall objectives.

Skills

Experience in developing data-intensive applications

SaaS development

Open API development

Solid enterprise integration architecture knowledge

Leading teams of 5-10 people

Building scalable architecture

Incident management

Agile practices (scrum or kanban)

CI/CD

Automated testing

Team management

Experience in fintech or banking

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

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

Requirements

• 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
• You have built a scalable architecture
• Experience with incident management
• 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 meaningful contributions.

How do you contribute to solve Indonesia’s social problems especially poverty in remote areas? At Amartha you will be part of a team that is helping the access of financial services to low-income families in Indonesia’s rural areas because we believe microfinance is an entry point to alleviate poverty and drive inclusive growth. Amartha Microfinance is an inclusive microfinance initiative dedicated to serve those living at the very bottom of socioeconomic ladder. We customized the Grameen group lending system with Indonesia’s local context and, in some cases, with Islamic sharia law. Coupled with our financial services and education, the business model allows poor families to receive working capital and build business based on transparency, accountability and participation. Started in 2010, now we have empowered 5.500+ low-income families in 60+ villages. We persistently expand our outreach in order to reach many low-income families earn more income and participate more fully in the formal economy. Our shared mission is to empower low-income families in rural areas through affordable financial services, enabling them to pursue life for greater purpose.