How I Received a Job Offer and a Quick Promotion from a Remote Company

2025-10-08

How I Received a Job Offer and a Quick Promotion from a Remote Company

One morning, right before starting my usual work, I received a message from an unknown number. I almost ignored it, but curiosity won. As I read further, it turned out to be a job offer for a remote software engineering position.

It felt surreal, because of no interviews, no tests, and I hadn’t even graduated yet at that time. Since my current job operated in the morning and this new role was in the evening, I decided to take both. Yes, it meant sacrificing more of my personal time, but it also meant learning, growing, and earning.

But the Question Is: How Did I Get Offered by SCHNAP?

After some time talking with my Lead and especially after I got promoted, gaining more responsibility over their systems. I realized a few things:

  • My company was using AI Agents. In this case, the agents used the LinkedIn API and OpenAI to find and analyze candidate data that was valuable to them.
  • That means I was the most valuable candidate at that time hehe.

What Made Me the Most Valuable Candidate?

  • I’m just applying of concept T-shaped Software Engineer (Fullstack), but I specialize in Automation (Zapier, Make.com, n8n) and AI Integration.
  • I aligned perfectly with the company’s focus areas likes Data, ETL, and AI Engineering.
  • I optimized my social media profiles using the right keywords and content strategy.

So, What About The Quick Promotion? What Happen?

After 2 months, I'm working there, I didn't take so long to adapt to the environment and make a good relation between me, Lead, and the Boss (But, I'm not licking them or anything bad). This is just small development team (10 People of E-Commerce, 4 of them Developer including myself).

I forgot when I got contacted again by my Boss. That he, Lead, and I were invited to vacation to Dinner in Jakarta and then a week free vacation in Bali (OMG)! So, don't take too long to answer and think; you must already know what I will answer right? Yes, I didn't take the invitation hehe.

I'm too shy and introvert to just go on vacation with other people (at that time also many rumors that many foreigners invite Indonesians to go on vacation but they take the Indonesian organs and sell it ☠️).

And then I was just invited to an online meeting because I wasn't going to Bali. So, the news my Boss said he liked my work, my effort, and the contribution is going well. But, he didn't want me to still work with another company. So, there was negotiation and I got my quick promotion in just 2 months of working.

The Conclusion

Optimize your personal branding and make yourself visible to the world. Also don't just work without a path, but keep finishing problems by making a solution that is worth.

Thank you so much for your attention.