Platform Engineering Manager，Kubernetes and Mesh Service

PLT Engineering; Selangor; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic engineering firm in Malaysia seeks an Engineering Manager to lead their Service Mesh team. This role involves guiding experienced engineers, implementing service mesh strategies, and collaborating across platforms. Candidates should have a strong background in cloud-native networking and Istio, and be passionate about building secure and observable microservices architectures. The position is onsite in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, offering an opportunity to drive innovation and excellence in service connectivity.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in service mesh environments.
• Strong knowledge of Istio and cloud-native architectures.
• Ability to mentor and foster team culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and mentor them in their growth.
• Design and implement a robust service mesh strategy for Istio.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize performance.

Skills

Cloud-native networking

Leadership

Service mesh infrastructure

Incident management

Job description

Get to know the team

The Service Mesh Engineering team is a dynamic and experienced group responsible for developing our service mesh infrastructure, which forms the backbone of our microservice architecture. We help manage service-to-service connectivity, securing traffic, providing observability metrics, and enhancing service through proper use of Hystrix, timeouts, and rate limiting. Our team collaborates, using expertise in networking, infrastructure, microservices, and more.

If you are passionate about driving innovation in designing and managing service mesh architecture and shaping service-to-service connectivity, this opportunity is for you!

Get to know the role

We're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our Service Mesh team – the group responsible for designing, implementing, and scaling our service mesh infrastructure (Istio) to power a, observable, and secure microservices ecosystem.

You’ll guide a team of experienced engineers, collaborate with platform teams and business service teams, and shape the future of how our services communicate. If you’re passionate about cloud-native networking, zero-trust security, and platform reliability, this role is for you. You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager and be based onsite at Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Lead the Team: Mentor engineers, foster a culture of ownership, and hire top talent.
• Lead the Service Mesh Strategy: Increase adoption of Istio, ensuring it meets performance, security, and scalability needs.
• Bridge Tech & Business: Work with service teams and platform teams to align service mesh capabilities with application requirements (e.g., traffic management, mTLS, observability).
• Optimize Performance: Solve challenges like latency spikes, sidecar overhead, and cross-group routing.
• Incident Leadership: Escalate issues for service mesh outages and complex debugging sessions.