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Senior Back End (Node.js)

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a technical role as Senior Back End Engineer has just become available in a well-backed up and established technology company in Jakarta, Indonesia

SENIOR BACK END ENGINEER (NODE.JS)

Salary: Competitive and based on experience
Location: Jakarta


Keywords: Back-end Development, NodeJS, Microservices, Database, Monitoring, Code Review, CI/CD, Docker

Our client is seeking a Senior Back End Engineer with a strong background in Node.js. This role is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team at one of Indonesia's premier platforms, serving an impressive 10 million monthly active users. The successful candidate will be responsible for scaling, performance and quality for the team, setting up best practices and driving the adoption of these practices around coding, design, quality, and performance.


* Join a dynamic team serving 10 million monthly active users.
* Lead the enhancement and optimization of a diverse ecosystem comprising over 180 plus services.
* Engage with state-of-the-art technologies to drive innovation and excellence.


What you'll do:


As a Senior Back End Engineer (Node.js), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technological direction and capabilities of the team. You will participate in key decision-making processes including code reviews, design reviews, and architectural discussions. Your responsibility extends beyond just coding; you will be instrumental in ensuring scalability, performance and quality across all back-end operations. Experimentation with new technologies and tools will be encouraged as you strive to create impactful solutions. You will also be tasked with implementing a long-term technology vision for your team.


* Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and architecture discussions.
* Be responsible for Scaling, Performance & Quality for the team.
* Set up best practices to help the team achieve coding, design, quality, and performance goals.
* Drive the adoption of these best practices within your team.
* Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you are able to create.
* Implement long-term technology vision for your team.
* Ensure that the architecture of your product is aligned to the requirements and the charter.
* Drive technology & tool choices for your team & be responsible for them.


What you bring:


The ideal candidate for this Senior Back End Engineer (Node.js) position brings more than just technical skills to the table. With over six years of experience in back-end development, you have a deep understanding of object-oriented design principles and modern languages, specifically NodeJS. Your experience in building and maintaining large-scale web applications in service-oriented architecture or microservices is invaluable. You are well-versed in design patterns and have an uncanny ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces. Your knowledge extends to databases like MySQL, Postgresql or Oracle and NOSQLs like DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Aerospike etc. You also have hands-on knowledge of Docker or Docker compose and monitoring tools like New Relic or Datadog. Experience with CI/CD is a must.


* 6 plus years of experience in back-end development.
* Deep expertise in object-oriented design principles using modern language (NodeJS).
* Experience in building and maintaining large-scale web applications in service-oriented architecture/ microservices.
* Knowledge of design patterns and ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces with experience in data model designing in SQL/NOSQLs.
* Knowledge of at least one of the databases like MySQL, Postgresql or Oracle and one of the NOSQLs like DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Aerospike etc.
* Hands-on knowledge of Docker or Docker compose.
* Knowledge of monitoring tools like New Relic or Datadog.
* Experience with CI/CD.


What sets this company apart:


This is an opportunity to join a dynamic team at one of Indonesia's premier platforms, serving an impressive 10 million monthly active users. The successful candidate will lead the enhancement and optimization of a diverse ecosystem comprising over 180 plus services. This role offers the chance to engage with state-of-the-art technologies to drive innovation and excellence. The company fosters a rich, diverse and growth oriented work environment that promotes creativity and growth.

What's next:


Ready for the next step in your career? Apply now!


Apply today by clicking on the link provided!

Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Tech & transformation

Focus: Development / Programming

Industry: IT

Salary: Negotiable

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Location: South Jakarta

Job Reference: VC5L6S-132A44E7

Date posted: 14 March 2025

Consultant: Vanessa Valerie