Software Engineer (backend) - Growth Platform

Software Engineer (Backend) - Growth Platform

You opened the Gojek & added food to the cart but couldn't complete the transaction, so you received a push notification as a reminder to complete the transaction on Gojek app or you find your app experience is different than your friend, personalized as per your choice. Behind the scenes, we run numerous data streaming & batching jobs and machine learning models to provide you with the best possible experience within seconds. However, identifying the right user, personalizing content, analyzing user journeys & adhering to SLAs on a scale of quarter of a billion notifications and churning petabytes of data everyday is more challenging than it should be. That's where our team comes in. Our promise to CRM, Business teams, Product teams, BI/Analyst teams & Engineering teams is simple: focus on your core responsibilities while we handle complex engineering problems.

You would be tasked with building Customer engagement products like cross channel marketing, app personalization, product analytics, user segmentation, A/B experimentation engine etc which requires understanding end-to-end use-cases and challenge the status quo at all times by reviewing current engineering techniques and tools and scout for opportunities and fundamental engineering changes that would bring agility, reliability to enable more business opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Code, design, prototype, perform reviews and consult in the process of building highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems
• Containerization and deployment of micro-services on Kubernetes
• Monitoring performance of the streaming, batching jobs and micro-services by using Prometheus and Grafana or similar tools
• Collaborate with the team to ensure that the service level objectives and agreements are achieved
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with product, QA, internal teams
• Continue to stay abreast of the latest technologies in Event processing and Big Data space to inform/suggest new technologies and best practices to trial
• Mentor and guide other engineers in the team

What You Will Need

• At least 2 years of software engineering experience
• Experience with Golang or Java
• Experience with containerization, including Docker and Kubernetes
• Must have hands-on experience using any of the cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), with thorough knowledge of cloud & distributed system concepts
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and accountability for achieving results
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Passion for learning new things and solving complex engineering blockers

We are a team of developers, designers and product managers with diverse academic, professional and personal backgrounds but united by the passion to enrich the Growth Platform at Gojek through sound methods and ease of use. Working alongside business leaders, product managers, BI/Analysts and product engineers, we are predominantly concerned with utilizing and translating data into critical information that can be used to engage with users meaningfully. This includes gathering any new data points, and working closely with various business teams to capture, connect, and convert any data changes into useful knowledge in guiding our next steps to create a meaningful business impact. Along with our desire to utilize smart technology and innovative engineering strategies to make people's lives easier, our team also bonds over our shared love for reading, gaming, and drinking lots of coffee. We work hard and play hard, and believe it or not, we actually enjoy each other's company!