Software Engineer - Dev Platform

About the Role

At Engineering Platform, Gojek, we are looking for passionate engineers to join us in building a scalable platform-as-a-service (PaaS) on Kubernetes. The platform you are building is designed to power diverse applications across Gojek’s many business lines. Your expertise will be crucial in delivering a reliable, cost-effective, and enjoyable experience for the developers using our platform. If you enjoy creating tools for fellow developers and are comfortable dealing with high scale and complex distributed systems, this role will be a great fit.

What You Will Do

• Build and manage a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective application infrastructure at Gojek, forming the backbone of our diverse distributed systems.
• Be a role model in technical excellence, helping Gojek engineers deliver top-quality applications without worrying about underlying infrastructure.
• Enhance code quality and product performance through continuous improvement and innovation.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with teams across multiple geographies.
• Share your knowledge and expertise to strengthen teams' knowledge of the platform so they can support themselves.
• Regularly refactor your work to maintain high-quality design and architecture following industry best practices.

What You Will Need

• 2+ years of relevant experience in building applications from scratch, with proficiency in an object-oriented or functional programming language (e.g., Golang, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, web technologies, and the ability to troubleshoot issues in a large-scale infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Deep knowledge of web platform technologies and the ability to build production-grade web apps.
• Strong domain modeling skills and the ability to build RESTful web services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code tools, including Terraform and Helm.
• Working knowledge of the TCP/IP stack, internet routing and load balancing.

Bonus Points If:

• Have prior experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure, Tencent, AliCloud).
• Have deep knowledge of Linux as a production environment.

About the Team

We are the heart of Gojek, the group that owns, improves, and manages Gojek's engineering productivity across the board. We are responsible for the pillars of technology, science, and strategy across engineering, powering over 500+ microservices at Gojek. We leverage cutting-edge technology in cloud computing, managing real-time high throughput systems with a wide range of programming stacks. At the productivity team, we solve for the happiness of our customers who are Gojek Product Engineers. We do what we do by designing abstractions and automations.

You are directly responsible for improving engineering quality, productivity, and the experience of engineers driving fundamental business KPIs for the company.