About The Position
Ajaib Group is an Indonesian fintech company focused on expanding access to financial services. The Staff Backend Engineer in Shared Services sets technical standards and raises engineering quality. Working with the engineering head, this role helps define technical direction for backend systems across Growth, Onboarding, and Shared Experience. The engineer addresses complex, cross-team challenges such as KYC reliability, partner integrations, and services supporting portfolio and homepage experiences, while strengthening the capabilities of other engineers. The role remains hands-on for critical implementation work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proven record designing and operating large-scale distributed systems and leading technical work across teams.
- High proficiency in Java and Go.
- Strong expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, reliability engineering, observability, and performance optimization.
- Deep practical experience with Kafka, Redis, relational and NoSQL databases, including query tuning.
- Experience designing and operating applications on cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.
- Background in fintech or another high-scale, regulated environment.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical decisions without direct authority.
Responsibilities
- Define technical direction and architecture for backend systems spanning multiple teams in the investor journey.
- Lead the design of scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure services, and review critical designs from other teams.
- Identify technical risks, assess trade-offs, and drive decisions aligned with business goals.
- Lead investigations and root-cause analysis for complex production incidents and drive lasting improvements.
- Establish and promote engineering standards for reliability, observability, security, and performance.
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Product, Operations, and Architecture on cross-team initiatives.
- Mentor Senior Engineers and develop technical leadership across the team.
- Implement critical components and solve complex technical problems hands-on.
Benefits
- Performance bonus
- Private insurance and health coverage
- Paid time off
- Company-sponsored training, courses, and professional certifications
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Career growth and meaningful ownership
- Employee discounts, partnerships, and lifestyle perks
- Collaborative, high-ownership culture
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
