AI-Driven Software Manager — Backend Python & DevOps

Ideal Reliance; Puchong; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Hospitalisation Leave

EPF

SOCSO

EIS

Medical Insurance

Annual Leave

5 Working Days

Annual Bonus

Allowance Provided

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking a Software Manager to lead a skilled engineering team delivering AI-driven enterprise software. You will guide backend development with Python, FastAPI/Flask, and robust DevOps practices, ensuring scalable, secure solutions and strong collaboration with product and business units.

The role emphasizes modern AI-assisted development, deployment automation, and architectural leadership in a on-site, Malaysia-based environment with competitive compensation and regular work

Qualifications

• Ability to lead, mentor, and manage junior software engineers and technical teams.
• Capable of driving accountability, teamwork, and delivery performance.
• Familiarity with modern AI-assisted software development approaches such as Claude Code, AI copilots, prompt-driven development, and automation-assisted coding workflows.
• Open mindset toward reducing repetitive traditional coding through AI-driven development practices.
• Solid hands-on experience in Python software development, especially for backend systems, APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Strong experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar backend frameworks.
• Good understanding of RESTful API architecture and integration design.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, deployment automation, and environment management.
• Comfortable managing and troubleshooting Linux-based environments, servers, containers, and deployment platforms.
• Understanding of scalable software architecture, modular design, integration patterns, and maintainable system development practices.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Exposure to AI platforms, AI agents, chatbot systems, LLM integrations, AI automation workflows, or voice AI solutions is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud deployment models.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the software engineering team, including task planning, technical guidance, mentoring, and performance monitoring of junior developers and engineers.
• Drive AI-assisted software development practices using modern AI coding tools to improve development speed, quality, and efficiency while reducing dependency on traditional coding methods.
• Oversee the development, integration, deployment and maintenance of AI-driven applications, enterprise platforms, APIs, automation workflows, and related software systems.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, business users, internal departments, and external customers to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and practical software solutions.
• Ensure software delivery aligns with product goals, user experience, operational requirements and customer expectations.
• Define and maintain software development standards, architecture guidelines, coding practices, documentation standards and security best practice.
• Lead backend architecture and development activities using Python-based technologies such as Fast API and Flask, while ensuring maintainable and scalable system design.
• Manage DevOps and CI/CD processes including GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, deployment automation, monitoring, release management, and environment standardization.
• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of automated build, testing, deployment, and rollback processes to improve operational stability and delivery efficiency.
• Manage containerized application environments and deployment strategies across development, staging, and production platforms.
• Participate in technical architecture discussions, solution reviews, code reviews, and technology evaluations to ensure alignment with business and technical objectives.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, frameworks and platforms that can improve software delivery capabilities and business innovation.
• Identify technical risks, system bottlenecks and operational gaps, and proactively implement mitigation and improvement strategies.
• Ensure proper collaboration between software, infrastructure, DevOps, AI and product teams to support successful project execution and operational readiness.
• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident resolution, and continuous system improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to software roadmap planning, technical strategy, resource planning and long-term platform scalability initiatives.
• Promote a customer-focused engineering culture where software delivery prioritizes usability, business value, operational effectiveness, and user satisfaction.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Accountability

AI-assisted development

Python programming

FastAPI/Flask

REST API

GitLab/Jenkins/Docker

Linux environments

Cloud familiarity

Tools

Python

FastAPI

Flask

REST

GitLab

Jenkins

Docker

Linux

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Jora Malaysia is seeking a Software Manager to lead a skilled engineering team delivering AI-driven enterprise software. You will guide backend development with Python, FastAPI/Flask, and robust DevOps practices, ensuring scalable, secure solutions and strong collaboration with product and business units.

The role emphasizes modern AI-assisted development, deployment automation, and architectural leadership in a on-site, Malaysia-based environment with competitive compensation and regular work