System Architect & Team Lead

We are currently seeking an energetic, creative, and hardworking System Architect & Team Leader to join our growing development team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience administering Linux-based, open-source infrastructure systems with an eye on automation, preferably in support of highly available web applications. Most importantly, the right individual should be highly motivated, with a positive, “can-do” attitude and a passion for delivering technical solutions in a fast-paced environment. This position may be eligible for our Employee Stock Option Plan.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and consult on the development of new software system applications and provide technical expertise in software architecture.
• Develop architectural guidance for applications developers, define target platforms, interface designs, development patterns and styles, and development languages and tools to be used.
• Architect, enhance and maintain our flagship products based on the open source software such as Moodle, as well as supporting subsystems.
• Provide technical expertise in systems architecture; participate in the formulation of software engineering best practices; assess feasibility of system plans; establish priorities; and develop and implement plans that adhere to established strategic business and system objectives.
• Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, and network connectivity, other systems interfaces, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs.
• Oversee the design, evaluation, selection, implementation and support of major applications development and production support tools and platforms.
• Manage, train, coach, code review and deliver feedback to other members of the development team.

Core Required Skills/Experience:

• Experience architecting and building high availability systems.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages (PHP, Ruby, Python, etc).
• Experience using and administering software version control systems (SVN, Git, etc).
• Experience with open source technologies and the desire to give back to the community.
• Clear understanding of networking technologies (Load Balancers, Firewalls, Switches, etc).
• Expertise in configuring and administering LAMP stack environments.
• Experience in Linux-based system administration (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu, etc).
• Experience configuring, monitoring, and performance-tuning database systems (MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB) in a high-availability, high-transactional environment. 
• Solid understanding of current web and Internet technologies like Apache, Tomcat, Nginx, Memcache, Varnish, CDN, Dynamic DNS.
• Hands on experience administering and supporting an environment with multiple servers.
• Experience with cloud based hosting.
• A Computer Science degree is helpful, but significant, actual industry experience and knowledge is key.

Other Requirements:

• Self-starter, desire to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conducting technical discussions in English, and great on keeping key stakeholders and others posted with appropriate levels of detail in a timely manner.
• Previous work experience or willingness to work in a start-up environment.
• Effective collaborator in a team work environment.
• Strong management skill to deal with work assignments and meet deadlines under an aggressive schedule.
• Able to translate business and design goals into usable product.
• Problem solver with strong innovation skills.

If you believe you have the qualification we are looking for and are you ready and determined to transform the experience of education in Indonesia, please do not hesitate to submit your cover letter with your salary requirement, resume, and your portfolio (if applicable) to hr@harukaedu.com.  We are an equal opportunity employer.