Head of Engineering at Amartha

Sorong, Southwest Papua, Indonesia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Engineering Management, Project Management, Software Development, Team Leadership, Cloud Technologies, SaaS Development, API Development, Data Intensive Applications, Incident Management, Agile Practices, CI/CD, Automated Testing, Fintech Experience, Machine Learning, Event Driven Architecture, Refactoring

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About the role, the Head of engineering has both a strategic and a technical role inside the company. The strategic aspect includes setting goals for the team, hiring engineers, and prioritizing projects. The technical aspect is about getting actively involved in developing new products, identifying requirements, and setting timelines. Before they can get this position, the head of engineering should have extensive experience as an engineer, they should have managed complex tech projects and know how to build products and features from scratch. About the team, Our technology/engineering is a group of 100+ talented people. Together with the Product teams, the gist of our role is to create innovative and scalable solutions to help Amartha grow its business. Responsibilities Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements Ensure compliance with relevant regulations Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals, and timelines Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources Hire engineers and coordinate their training Implement innovative technologies Coordinate with stakeholders for new integrations and tools Experience in develop data intensive applications is a must Experience in SaaS development Experience in open API development Solid enterprise integration architecture knowledge Experience in leading 5-10 people squad Solid engineer hiring experience Hands-on GCP tech experience: Cloud SQL Postgres, Cloud Run, Pub/sub, etc. You have built a scalable architecture Experience with incident management Monitoring distributed system Agile practices: scrum or kanban Don't mind doing some coding works when required Experience with CI/CD Experience with automated testing Hiring software engineers Experience with team management Fintech/financial institution/banking experience Experience with Machine Learning will be a plus Have experience with TDD Have experience with refactoring large systems Have experience with event driven architecture Would be a plus if you have experienced with Kafka, Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus At Amartha, we are dedicated to creating a workplace that celebrates diversity, ensures equity, and fosters inclusion. We believe that diverse perspectives—shaped by factors such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, education, culture, and life experiences—drive innovation and growth. We actively welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us in building an environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities and foster a sense of belonging that enables our employees to thrive and make meaningful contributions.

Responsibilities

The Head of Engineering oversees front-end and back-end development teams, ensuring project goals and timelines are met. They also monitor system performance and compliance while managing software development projects.