Product Engineer [ Support ]

Experian; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information services company is seeking a Product Engineer (Support) in Kuala Lumpur. You'll handle technical issues, provide 3rd level support, and collaborate with developers. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's in Computer Science and at least 2 years of relevant experience. Strong troubleshooting skills and a customer-focused approach are essential. This role requires effective communication and collaboration within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in application support or software implementation roles.
• Resourceful, patient, and customer-focused.
• Hands-on experience with software development tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage initial response to technical issues and application-related incidents.
• Provide 3rd level technical support to troubleshoot and implement solutions.
• Coordinate with developers for Hot Fixes/Service Packs.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Customer-focused attitude

Strong communication abilities

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Advanced Diploma in IT

Tools

JIRA

Bitbucket

Jenkins

MySQL

Job description

Company Description

About Experian

Experian is the world's leading global information services company. During life's big moments — from buying a home or a car to sending a child to college to growing a business by connecting with new customers — we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.

We have 17,800 people operating across 44 countries, and every day we're investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation to help all our clients maximize every opportunity. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Learn more at www.experianplc.com or visit our global content hub at our global news blog for the latest news and insights from the Group.

Job Description

We are seeking a passionate and highly motivated Product Engineer (Support) to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the initial response to technical issues, resolving application-related incidents. You will serve as the primary point of contact between internal users, operations, and the development team, ensuring smooth communication and exceptional support that drives user satisfaction. Additionally, you’ll handle client inquiries, providing timely and effective resolutions.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values continuous improvement, and is driven to streamline processes and deliver impactful results.

What you’ll need to bring to the team

• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex application issues across a variety of systems
• Working collaboratively across with developers, operations, and internal teams to provide ongoing support for best practices.
• Proactively identifies and recommends areas for system optimization and performance enhancement

What you’ll be doing

• Providing 3rd level technical support to troubleshoot, analyze, define and implement solutions relating to bug/issues reported by customer Service, internal stakeholders or clients.
• Debug, fix and write code to address software bugs and collaborate with developer for the deployment preparation.
• Coordinate with developer to deliver Hot Fixes/Service Packs including functional and security fixes to comply with Global Security standards
• Provide a professional and efficient level of service in accordance with Service Level of Agreement.
• Write technical how-tos, postmortems, debugging runbooks, and FAQs to build team knowledge
• Investigation of issues, including trying to reproduce the issue if required.
• Proactively diagnose and deep dive on /deep dive on errors and/or underlying issues highlighted in daily transaction reporting based on log analysis, database querying (e.g., SQL)
• Contribute to Root Cause Analysis for issues and problems ensuring they are managed to resolution and improvements are implemented
• Regular weekday working hours are from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM (suggestion: 9-6pm normal working hours, 6pm till 8pm on call standby)
• Be available for weekend on-call standby support from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, excluding Public Holidays, to respond to urgent incidents(P1)

Other general responsibilities include

• Managing backlog of tickets, ensuring that they are resolved and closed within the agreed SLAs
• Set up and/or participate in swarms to ensure tickets can be quickly resolved with the right experts within global, regions or other resolver groups
• Working with the development engineering teams on software and product issues
• Handling a range of technical cases at any one time at all different complexities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Minimum 2 years' experience in application support or software implementation roles
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Resourceful, patient, and customer-focused attitude with strong communication abilities
• Ability to maintain support documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing
• Familiarity with PHP, Java, Angular, VB.NET and MySQL to investigate issues and assist with resolution
• Hands-on experience with tools like JIRA, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and code quality/security tools
• Basic understanding of web application security principles
• Enjoys collaborating with others and contributing to a positive team culture
• Ability to enquire, learn and challenge in order to make improvement and ensure best practice is followed
• Capability to be a fast learner and ability to work in a dynamic, fast moving and challenging environment

Additional Information

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