Principal Software Engineer & Tech Team Lead (Hybrid)

5G-Starlink Pte.; Malacca City; Hybrid; MYR 216,000 - 336,000; Full time

Job summary

5G-Starlink Pte. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead a hands‑on, high‑impact engineering team in a hybrid work setting. The role emphasizes delivering scalable software, guiding architectural decisions, and maintaining robust delivery pipelines.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and drive best practices across the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines leadership with deep technical expertise in modern stacks, cloud infrastructure, and secure code delivery, while

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams, delivering scalable solutions.
• Knowledge of GDPR, regulatory compliance, and QA practices.
• Experience managing geo‑distributed teams and cross‑functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical directions for the team’s work.
• Mentor and support team members to maintain healthy team culture.
• Ensure best practices, manage technical debt, and document processes.
• Help evolve delivery processes and SEEK apps architecture.
• Align systems with SEEK technology strategy and scalability goals.
• Maintain platform health: scalable, available, secure, cost-effective systems.
• Drive customer focus to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Skills

People leadership

Team collaboration

Growth mindset

Analytical thinking

Customer focus

Tools

Node.js

Express

GraphQL

Jest

React

Docker

Apollo

AWS

Infrastructure as code

Job description

5G-Starlink Pte. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead a hands‑on, high‑impact engineering team in a hybrid work setting. The role emphasizes delivering scalable software, guiding architectural decisions, and maintaining robust delivery pipelines.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and drive best practices across the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines leadership with deep technical expertise in modern stacks, cloud infrastructure, and secure code delivery, while