Software Engineer - Cartography

About the Role

This role will require you to develop scalable and reliable web services and solutions within the location search domain. Be part of a highly-productive and motivated engineering team on its journey to deliver the best products to GoJek users and internal customers. This role provides an opportunity to work on challenging real-world geospatial problems in one of the most prominent startups in South-East Asia.

What You Will Do

• As a backend engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying highly performant search services to be used by the core GOTO businesses - mobility, ecommerce, logistics.
• Be responsible for the end-to-end development and delivery of small to medium size 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.

What You Will Need

• 2+ years of strong experience in software development.
• Experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying large-scale applications in any language or stack, preferably using Golang.
• Deep knowledge of different databases (SQL / NoSQL) and their tradeoffs. We primarily use Redis, PostgreSQL + PostGIS, and ElasticSearch; familiarity with any is a plus.
• Proficiency in OOP, including design patterns. Experience with functional programming is a plus.
• 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.