AVP, Full Stack Engineer

ASTRO Holdings Behad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company in Malaysia is looking for a Cloud Applications Developer with expertise in modern technologies and strong leadership skills. The successful candidate will build scalable services and improve software quality using agile practices, while supporting ad product growth and efficiency. Proficiency in AWS, Node.js, and API development is essential for this role.

Benefits

Opportunities for career advancement

Vibrant office culture

Performance rewards

Qualifications

• 6-7 years of experience in Cloud Applications, ideally AWS.
• Strong knowledge of systems, cloud, infrastructure, middleware, microservices, and network operations.
• Experience in developing and deploying REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance, fault-tolerant services.
• Use modern technologies to deliver Ad Product growth and efficiency.
• Improve software quality using agile practices like code review.

Skills

Cloud Applications

API Development

Agile Methodologies

Systems Understanding

Team Leadership

Education

Training or certifications in Java, MS .NET, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL

Tools

Node.js

AWS

Jira

Git

Job description

We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.

We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.

Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.

“ It's our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable. ”

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Build and maintain high-performance, fault-tolerant and horizontally scalable services.
• Use modern and open-source technologies in a cloud environment to deliver and measure opportunities for Ad Product growth and efficiency.
• Improve the throughput, latency, and reliability of our services.
• Build scalable and high-performance web services with clean, maintainable code.
• Write effective APIs and technical documentation.
• Design high-volume, low-latency APIs for mission-critical systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Produce software solutions aligned with business requirements and best practices.
• Coordinate with teams such as Back-end Development, Design, and Product Development to ensure successful sprints.
• Improve software quality using agile practices like code review, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Manage system and performance, application vulnerabilities, software releases, and system implementation.
• Research and develop new features to enhance capabilities.
• Motivate and mentor team members.

REQUIREMENTS:

WHO YOU ARE:

• 6-7 years of experience in Cloud Applications, ideally AWS.
• Good understanding of Audience Management systems, Data Management Platforms, and IAB standards for Ad Delivery.
• Understanding of CDN and Ads solutions.
• Knowledge of Internet & Broadcast video streaming/distribution in IPTV Satellite and OTT environments.
• Strong knowledge of systems, cloud, infrastructure, middleware, microservices, and network operations.
• Experience in developing and deploying REST APIs.
• Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks like Express or Strong Loop.
• Understanding of security best practices, including AWS services like Lambda, SQS, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, ECS, API Gateway, etc.
• Experience with Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch.
• Experience with web security, authentication, and authorization, including JSON Web Tokens.
• Familiarity with version control tools like Git.
• Experience with Agile frameworks, Jira, Bitbucket, Terraform, and CloudFormation.
• Experience managing and leading multiple teams.
• Strong technical, analytical, and ad product background with a focus on marketing optimization.

Training or certifications in Java, MS .NET, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL are a plus.

About Astro: Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad is Malaysia’s leading content and consumer company, serving 75% of Malaysian households across TV, radio, digital, and commerce platforms. We entertain and inform Malaysians with a variety of content, engaging with 24 million individuals.