Principal Backend Engineer

About Amartha

At Amartha, we empower micro-businesses across Indonesia, enabling growth and equal prosperity. We've supported over 2.7 million enterpreneurs–mostly women–by disbursing IDR 22.8 trillion in funding. As we step into 2025, Amartha is evolving into a technology-driven financial ecosystem, expanding our reach in lending, funding, and payments. Through innovation and digital solutions, we aim to enhance accessibility, streamline processes, and create a seamless user experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and develop services that deliver impact every day
• Operate and maintain highly scalable services
• Develop tools to improve the existing process, including infrastructure reliability, service performance, and developer's productivity
• Continuously improve code quality, product execution, and learning experience
• Coordinate across teams (Mobile, Frontend, DevOps, Data, Product, QA etc.) on planning and execution
• Solve challenging financial access problems in Indonesia by using cutting-edge technology

Requirements

• Has min. 5 years of experience in the related field
• Fast learner & good analytical thinking
• Advanced knowledge in (according to priorities) Go Language
• Have exposure to architectural patterns of high-scale web application
• Have experience with distributed storage and database systems, including SQL or NoSQL
• Have a systematic problem-solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis
• Good communication skill, team player and comfortable working with a cross-functional team
• Have a passion for learning, improving and contributing to projects with a strong sense of ownership
• 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

Work Location & Arrangement

• Full onsite in Bandung

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.