AI-First Full-Stack Engineering Lead

MetLife; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an experienced AI Engineer (Full Stack) to design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications integrated with AI coding agents and copilots.

The role emphasizes upfront architecture, clear specifications, and collaboration with product owners, security, and operations to deliver secure, scalable, and observable software solutions compliant with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent.
• 7+ years of enterprise full-stack development experience.
• Hands-on with AI-first engineering practices and AI-assisted software delivery.
• Experience with GitHub Enterprise and Copilot; familiarity with Azure AI Foundry and related tools.
• Proficient in Agile, CI/CD, DevOps and API-first development.

Responsibilities

• Apply AI-first engineering practices across discovery, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, operations, and continuous improvement.
• Create clear functional and technical specifications, architecture decisions, NFRs, design notes, and acceptance criteria that guide high-quality delivery.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain modern full-stack, cloud-native applications that are secure, scalable, resilient, observable, and maintainable.
• Use AI responsibly to accelerate engineering productivity while retaining accountability for code quality, design correctness, testing, security, and production readiness.
• Partner with product owners, architects, security, operations, and business stakeholders to translate business outcomes into executable engineering plans.
• Review solution designs, code, tests, and operational readiness to ensure consistency with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and engineering standards.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents, service requests, and performance issues while driving automation, simplification, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AI-first engineering

Cloud-native development

API-first development

Software architecture

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Copilot

Azure AI Foundry

Copilot SDK

Semantic Kernel

AI agents

RAG

LLM patterns

Job description

MetLife in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an experienced AI Engineer (Full Stack) to design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications integrated with AI coding agents and copilots.

The role emphasizes upfront architecture, clear specifications, and collaboration with product owners, security, and operations to deliver secure, scalable, and observable software solutions compliant with enterprise standards.