Engineering Lead – Financial Products (Indonesia) - Global Payment

The Global Payment Tech team is the core engine powering ByteDance's global payment and financial services, spanning payment acquiring, wallets, financial products, insurance, and foreign exchange for users and merchants worldwide.

We span engineering, data, and AI, building high-concurrency, highly available systems across multi-currency, multi-market complexity, and embedding AI into risk control, credit decisioning, and operations automation.

You will grow cross-disciplinary expertise at the intersection of payments, finance, and AI.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the local engineering team in Indonesia, taking ownership of people management, talent development, hiring, engineering productivity, and delivery quality.
• Lead the design and development of scalable financial product solutions, supporting business growth and user experience in Indonesia. Collaborate with global engineering teams to build reliable and efficient financial systems.
• Drive technical architecture design and key technical decisions, balancing business requirements, system scalability, maintainability, reliability, and overall engineering efficiency.
• Take ownership of engineering quality and production stability. Identify system bottlenecks, resolve complex technical issues, and continuously improve system performance, reliability, security, and financial transaction correctness.
• Collaborate closely with local business stakeholders, Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, external partners, and global engineering teams to understand requirements, manage dependencies, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering practices, including technical design reviews, code reviews, testing, incident management, and development processes. Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including proven experience leading and managing engineering teams, with responsibility for talent development, performance management, and project delivery.
• Strong technical background in large-scale distributed systems, with solid experience in system architecture, design, and backend development. Proficient in at least one programming language, preferably Java or Golang.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, caching, messaging, and high-availability architecture. Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions and resolve complex production issues.
• Proven track record of delivering complex engineering projects and driving collaboration across multiple teams. Strong ownership, execution, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality, production reliability, data consistency, and system security, with the ability to establish and maintain high engineering standards.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with local and international teams.
• Professional working proficiency in English and Bahasa Indonesia

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, digital lending, BNPL, banking, payments, or other financial services technology.
• Experience working with Indonesian financial institutions, local financial infrastructure, or regulatory requirements.
• Experience managing engineering teams in a multinational technology organization or collaborating with geographically distributed teams.
• Hands-on experience designing or operating mission-critical financial transaction systems.