Lead Engineer

SEEK; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment marketplace in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Lead Engineer to manage and mentor developers while ensuring high-quality software delivery. You will lead design, development, and testing efforts, foster team growth, and align technology with business objectives. Ideal candidates will have experience in leading teams, CI/CD, cloud development, and strong collaboration skills. Join a company committed to diversity and inclusion, and enjoy hybrid working options and mental health support.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working

Personal Flexi Days

Mental health support through SEEKer Support

Qualifications

• Experience leading or mentoring software engineers in cross-functional teams.
• Proficient in CI/CD, cloud-first development, modern programming languages, and secure coding practices.
• Skilled in building, monitoring, and maintaining high-quality applications and APIs.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across geographically distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software.
• Strengthen DevOps and agile practices to drive improvement and quality delivery.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to align technology outcomes with business needs.
• Coach and develop team members to foster a collaborative culture.

Skills

Leading or mentoring software engineers

CI/CD practices

Cloud-first development

Secure coding practices

Building high-quality applications

Strong collaboration skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline

Job description

About Jobstreetby SEEK

SEEK operates market-leading online employment marketplaces, including Jobstreet and Jobsdb in Asia. SEEK has been helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and helping organisations succeed for over 25 years.

Founded and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, SEEK has grown into a multinational technology company with over 3,300 employees and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

SEEK’s presence spans Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Additionally, SEEK has minority investments in employment marketplaces in China, South Korea and Bangladesh.

SEEK develops and applies innovative data and technology tools to facilitate high-quality matching and improve reliability of marketplace information.

In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, SEEK was recognised as one of Australia’s Top Ten Places to Work in Technology in the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards. SEEK was also named a 5-Star Employer of Choice by HRD Asia in 2024 and won four accolades at TalentCorp’s Life at Work Awards 2023 in Malaysia.

Job Overview

The Lead Engineer is an entry-level people manager and senior member of SEEK’s Engineering team. You’ll provide in-team leadership focused on people management, team health, tech culture and cohesion, while driving software delivery and engineering quality. Though leadership is your primary focus, you’ll also write clean, scalable, testable code and uphold strong development practices.

You’ll manage and mentor engineers, foster technical and personal growth, and ensure solutions meet SEEK’s business and technical needs across APAC.

The Role

• Lead engineers to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable software
• Strengthen engineering, DevOps, and agile practices to drive continuous improvement and quality delivery
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and align technology outcomes to SEEK’s customer and business needs
• Coach and develop team members, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing culture
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and professional growth through feedback and community engagement

Qualifications

So, what we are looking for:

• Experience leading or mentoring software engineers in cross-functional teams.
• Proficient in CI/CD, cloud-first development, modern programming languages, and secure coding practices.
• Skilled in building, monitoring, and maintaining high-quality applications and APIs.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across geographically distributed teams.
• Demonstrated alignment to SEEK’s culture principles.

Desired Values

• Experience delivering complex technical outcomes or maintaining system/platform health.
• Previous involvement in recruitment, coaching, or professional development of engineers.
• Background in online marketplace or similar digital environments.
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline.

Additional Information

• Support of flexible hybrid working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low‑carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long‑term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific supportor adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.