Principal / Lead Engineer: .NET / C# (New office in Malaysia)

Capcon; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software firm with a new office in Malaysia is seeking a Principal / Lead Engineer specializing in .NET / C#. The role involves defining architecture, developing web-based solutions, and coaching junior developers within a collaborative Agile team. Candidates should have 10-15+ years of experience and a passion for technology, along with a commitment to maintaining code quality. This opportunity offers a hybrid work model with flexibility in Central KL.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years experience in software engineering.
• Experience in defining architecture for web-based solutions.
• Ability to coach junior developers and conduct code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for new projects and develop web-based solutions.
• Ensure availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Lead code quality initiatives advocating for Clean Code.

Skills

Expertise in .NET / C#

Microservices architecture

Agile/Scrum experience

Code quality advocacy

Coaching and mentoring

Tools

Selenium

GitHub

Job description

Principal / Lead Engineer: .NET / C# (New office in Malaysia)

• Mission driven: building Saas solutions for sustainability and climate change
• EU unicorn with US$ 500m in new funding
• New office in Malaysia, scaling to 40 engineers in 2025

Projects

• Building 1 core project (new product / feature)
• Maintenance and upgrade of 1-2 smaller projects
• Ongoing modernisation of legacy tech (10+ years old)

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for new projects, design, develop, test, implement and provide support for web-based solutions.
• Ensure availability, resilience and scalability of all solutions.
• Designing a DDD-oriented microservices.
• Coach & mentor junior developers - conduct code reviews and lead by example.
• Identify technical risk throughout Systems development life cycle and suggest mitigation options.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum; plan and execute within iterations and sprints.
• Ensuring code quality and advocating for Clean Code, Code metrics, Test Driven / Behavior-driven development.
• Collaborate daily with the QA (Selenium) and support teams.

Team Culture

• Collaboration with EU team & cross-functional agile teams.
• Work with Product Management to understand customers needs & desired application capabilities.
• You will need to manage upwards, qualify timelines & challenge the urgency of projects.

Nice to have

• Web APIs (REST, RPC-over-HTTP, WebSockets, CQRS, DDD)

Location

• Hybrid 3 days a week in office - Central KL

Levels

• This role suits a highly technical engineer with 10-15+ years experience.
• This is a 80%+ individual contributor role reporting to the Engineering Manager.

Encouraged to apply

• Tech leads who prefer to work as an IC (do not want to manage people directly).
• Passionate about .NET / C# technology and contribute GitHub / Open Source projects.
• Worked on end to end multi year projects from architectural design to support.