Software Engineering Manager II (AI)

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia. 5-day in-office arrangement.

Company

hirify.global is Southeast Asia's leading superapp, providing food delivery, financial services and transportation while using technology and AI to economically empower people across the region.

What you will do

• Lead, coach and develop a team of software engineers, including setting expectations and growth plans.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics and Operations to define priorities, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Own planning and delivery of the engineering roadmap while managing dependencies and risks.
• Set technical direction with senior engineers and make architecture and engineering trade-offs.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, security, observability and cost efficiency of team-owned systems.
• Establish engineering practices for design reviews, testing, deployment, incident response, continuous improvement and talent development.

Requirements

• At least eight years of software engineering experience, including designing and operating production systems at scale.
• At least two years of experience managing and developing software engineers.
• Hands-on experience building or integrating LLM and generative AI solutions, including model evaluation, prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation and production monitoring.
• Understanding of AI system risks, including hallucinations, data privacy, security, reliability, latency and cost.
• Strong foundation in backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, databases and cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to deliver complex initiatives involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience coaching engineers, managing performance and supporting career development.
• Sound judgement in balancing product delivery, engineering quality, reliability and long-term maintainability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical and AI trade-offs clearly.

Culture & Benefits

• Work is based on a 5-day in-office arrangement in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, Analytics, Operations and engineering teams across fulfilment technology.
• Build systems supporting millions of transactions across Southeast Asia.
• Work in an environment focused on inclusion, psychological safety, meaningful ownership and continuous improvement.