Lead Software Engineer - Cartography

About the Role

This is a software engineer IC role for the routing pod in the cartography team. The team is critical to providing map features like driver routes & ETA information, which is the backbone of Gojek mobility services. This role requires tackling major technical initiatives for routing and demands good knowledge of backend engineering, data structures, graph algorithms, maps domain, and open-source maps technologies like GraphHopper. The first 6 months will focus on building key routing features like alternative routes to enhance the ride-hailing customer experience, apart from contributing to the ongoing Google to in-house migration to reduce digital maps cost for GoTo.

• As a backend engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying low latency high throughput services around the routing engine & ETA model serving which is used across multiple Goto products and use cases - ride hailing, food delivery, logistics.
• Be responsible for the end-to-end development and delivery of complex features and services.
• Support production and integration environments with your colleagues and participate in incident resolution.
• Collaborate closely with the Cartography Data Science team to turn their models and data into practical solutions.
• Work with the Map Ops team to develop features that help curation and fine-tuning of geospatial data.
• Actively support the tracking and reporting execution metrics within your team.

• 7-8+ years of strong experience in software development.
• Experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying large-scale applications in any language or stack, preferably Golang / Java using RESTful APIs. C++ is a plus.
• Deep knowledge of different databases (SQL / NoSQL) and their tradeoffs. Familiarity with PostgreSQL + PostGIS, Redis, Tile38 is a plus.
• Proficiency in OOP, including design patterns.
• Knowledge of Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Load / Stress Testing, and Test Driven Development.
• Ability to absorb the best engineering practices and take pride in your work.
• To be a generalist with a growth mindset.

About the Team

At the heart of Gojek’s businesses, we move things around. Whether that’s people, food, packages, fresh groceries, etc. Moving things around boils down to understanding the best route, traffic, and locations. The Cartography team is an internal team that surfaces mapping technologies needed by all internal product teams within Gojek. Cartography is a small but critical team that significantly impacts the lives of our drivers and users.