Senior Manager , Software Engineering

AirAsia; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AirAsia MOVE in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple frontend & backend teams building scalable web and mobile applications.

You will translate roadmaps into engineering plans, mentor platform engineers, and ensure high-quality delivery while fostering a culture of ownership and customer-centric engineering.

This role drives foundational systems such as identity and observability, with regional scale across travel and fintech products.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Track record of driving engineering excellence, career development, and cross-team influence.
• Proven leadership of backend/platform teams delivering large-scale, high-traffic applications.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS/Azure), microservices, and data platforms.
• Proven experience designing resilient, scalable, and secure platforms at enterprise scale.
• Strong leadership in system design, architecture reviews, and cross-team technical governance.
• Prior Hands-on expertise in full-stack development, API design, data modeling, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Strong technical background in modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, etc.) with ability to guide architectural decisions.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and observability.
• Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and influencing skills.
• Experience driving hiring, team growth, coaching, and people leadership.
• Startup experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive delivery of multiple frontend & backend teams building scalable, high-performance web and mobile applications.
• Translate product & tech roadmap vision into clear engineering roadmaps and ensure timely, high-quality execution.
• Build and scale strong frontend engineering teams through hiring, mentorship, and career development.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end customer experiences.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, architecture reviews, and tech debt management.
• Drive continuous improvement in developer velocity, operational excellence, and platform stability.
• Align with leadership on business priorities, technical strategy, and long-term technology investments.
• Foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and customer-centric engineering.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

Microservices

Backend leadership

Frontend leadership

Full-stack design

Stakeholder management

Hiring & mentoring

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Job Description

About AirAsia MOVE

AirAsia MOVE is a dynamic ASEAN-focused budget travel platform redefining how people experience and book travel. As part of Capital A, we're building products that span flights, hotels, e-hailing, experiences, payments, and more - powered by a tech-first mindset and a relentless focus on customer experience. Join us in shaping the digital future of travel across the region.

About the Role

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for building MOVE's foundational systems—identity, authentication, service discovery, messaging, observability, and more. You'll be a key driver in setting technical direction, growing platform engineers, and scaling systems that serve millions of users across our travel and fintech products.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive delivery of multiple frontend & backend teams building scalable, high-performance web and mobile applications.
• Translate product & tech roadmap vision into clear engineering roadmaps and ensure timely, high-quality execution.
• Build and scale strong frontend engineering teams through hiring, mentorship, and career development.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end customer experiences.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, architecture reviews, and tech debt management.
• Drive continuous improvement in developer velocity, operational excellence, and platform stability.
• Align with leadership on business priorities, technical strategy, and long-term technology investments.
• Foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and customer-centric engineering.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Track record of driving engineering excellence, career development, and cross-team influence.
• Proven leadership of backend/platform teams delivering large-scale, high-traffic applications.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS/Azure), microservices, and data platforms.
• Proven experience designing resilient, scalable, and secure platforms at enterprise scale.
• Strong leadership in system design, architecture reviews, and cross-team technical governance.
• Prior Hands-on expertise in full-stack development, API design, data modeling, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Strong technical background in modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, etc.) with ability to guide architectural decisions.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and observability.
• Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and influencing skills.
• Experience driving hiring, team growth, coaching, and people leadership.
• Startup experience is strongly preferred.

Why Join AirAsia MOVE?

Drive the core systems that power one of ASEAN’s most ambitious travel platforms. Be part of a high-ownership, engineering-led transformation with regional scale. Collaborate with top engineering leaders across backend, product, and DevOps. Enjoy high ownership, fast iteration cycles, and visibility across the org. Regional travel perks and access to diverse verticals within Capital A. We are all different - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be the best. We committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We are all different - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

AirAsia Berhad: Asia’s leading airline was established with the dream of making flying possible for everyone. Since 2001, AirAsia has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world’s best. Driven by the Dare to Dream spirit, we pride ourselves in being the region’s largest low-cost carrier, serving 24 countries and over 130 destinations. We're not confined by walls, except when we need to answer the call of nature, so all departments mingle every day. As we embrace new technology to become a digital airline, services like BIG Duty Free, BIG Pay, BIG Loyalty, Touristly, ROKKI and Xcite Inflight Entertainment will be an exciting evolution, placing us ahead of the game.

AirAsia is set to take low-cost flying to an all new high with our belief, "Now Everyone Can Fly"