Lead Engineer: Architecture, Hands-On Tech & Impact

Kira; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

KIRA is seeking a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and systems, raising the engineering bar across the team. This hands-on leadership role involves designing systems, coding, reviewing, and driving initiatives from idea to production.

You'll move between architecture and implementation, making strong technical decisions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, design and AI teams to ship high‑quality solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to design and ship production systems.
• Experience with backend, frontend, APIs, databases or cloud.
• Strong architecture and system design skills.
• Able to lead major engineering projects and mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and execution of major products and initiatives.
• Stay hands-on with coding, prototyping and reviews.
• Set architecture decisions balancing speed and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and improve tooling and automation.

Skills

Software engineering

System design

Backend development

Frontend development

APIs & databases

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

Code reviews

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Job description

KIRA is seeking a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and systems, raising the engineering bar across the team. This hands-on leadership role involves designing systems, coding, reviewing, and driving initiatives from idea to production.

You'll move between architecture and implementation, making strong technical decisions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, design and AI teams to ship high‑quality solutions.