Senior Cloud Engineering Lead — AWS, Terraform & Microservices

PERSOL; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

PERSOL is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join its Cloud Development Platform and DevSecOps team in Malaysia. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on scalable cloud services, architectural governance and mentoring across global engineering groups.

You will drive decisions on AWS, microservices and IaC, shaping secure, resilient platforms while collaborating with stakeholders worldwide to deliver high‑impact cloud and AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with ownership of cross-functional projects.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java 17+, including concurrency, multithreading, reactive programming and JVM optimisation.
• Excellent knowledge of Spring Boot, including Security, WebFlux, Data/MyBatis and Spring internals.
• Strong experience designing and operating microservices on AWS, particularly: ECS, DynamoDB, Aurora, SQS / SNS, EventBridge, Lambda.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, Terraform and CI/CD.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, OpenAPI, cloud security, resilience and operational excellence.
• Experience with modern testing tools such as TestContainers, WireMock, RestAssured or LocalStack.
• Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and operate scalable, high-quality cloud platform services.
• Lead engineering standards, DevSecOps best practices and continuous improvement.
• Drive technical decisions around AWS, microservices, cloud architecture and infrastructure.
• Identify and manage technical debt, operational risks, scalability and performance.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the wider cloud engineering community.
• Work closely with global stakeholders across engineering and technology teams.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

DevSecOps

Cloud Architecture

JVM tuning

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

OpenAPI

Job description

PERSOL is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join its Cloud Development Platform and DevSecOps team in Malaysia. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on scalable cloud services, architectural governance and mentoring across global engineering groups.

You will drive decisions on AWS, microservices and IaC, shaping secure, resilient platforms while collaborating with stakeholders worldwide to deliver high‑impact cloud and AI initiatives.