Junior AI Engineer: AI-First Full-Stack

MetLife; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife in Malaysia is seeking a Junior AI Engineer (Full Stack) to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain cloud-native applications using an AI-first approach. The role emphasizes strong full-stack capability, upfront architecture, and responsible use of AI coding assistants while owning quality, security, reliability, and production readiness.

You will apply AI-first engineering across the lifecycle, translate business outcomes into clear specs, build secure and scalable solutions, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Apply AI-first engineering practices across discovery, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, operations, and continuous improvement.
• Translate business outcomes into technical specifications, architecture decisions, NFRs, design notes, and acceptance criteria.
• Build secure, scalable, resilient, observable, and maintainable full-stack solutions.
• Use AI responsibly to improve engineering productivity and software delivery quality.
• Partner with product, architecture, security, operations, and business teams to deliver aligned outcomes.
• Support incident resolution, automation, simplification, and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Full-stack development

API development

Cloud technologies

AI-assisted software delivery

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Enterprise

Copilot SDK

Semantic Kernel

AI agents

LLM patterns

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

Copilot SDK

Semantic Kernel

AI agents

RAG

LLM application patterns

Azure AI Foundry

Job description

MetLife in Malaysia is seeking a Junior AI Engineer (Full Stack) to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain cloud-native applications using an AI-first approach. The role emphasizes strong full-stack capability, upfront architecture, and responsible use of AI coding assistants while owning quality, security, reliability, and production readiness.

You will apply AI-first engineering across the lifecycle, translate business outcomes into clear specs, build secure and scalable solutions, and