Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Node/React, AWS Cloud

Astro; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Astro Malaysia is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join our technology team in Kuala Lumpur. You will own and evolve RESTful APIs, microservices, and frontend applications leveraging React.js, Next.js, and AWS cloud services.

The role emphasizes scalable architecture, performance tuning, and collaboration with product managers to deliver high-impact software solutions. You will participate across the SDLC, drive engineering best practices, and provide technical leadership for complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of software development experience within Agile teams.
• Strong expertise in developing RESTful APIs and microservices using Node.js.
• At least 6 years of hands-on experience in API and microservices development.
• Strong hands-on experience in frontend development using React.js and Next.js.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend development practices.
• Experience with UI frameworks and styling libraries such as Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, and Material UI.
• Strong experience in designing and developing enterprise cloud-based solutions on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Define solution designs and system architectures for customer-facing and backend applications.
• Develop systems with scalability, flexibility, and maintainability in mind.
• Collaborate with development teams and product managers to ideate and deliver software solutions.
• Improve software quality through Agile engineering practices, including code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Prepare and maintain architecture diagrams, technical specifications, API documentation, operational guides, and other engineering documents.
• Troubleshoot defects, enhance existing software, and provide ongoing application support.
• Manage operational applications and databases to ensure system stability and performance.
• Write and maintain effective APIs and technical documentation.
• Provide support during SIT and UAT, investigating and resolving technical issues.
• Conduct system performance management, application vulnerability management, and software release management.
• Plan and execute production system implementations.
• Design, develop, and deploy enterprise cloud-based solutions using AWS services, including API Gateway, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, Cognito, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, VPC, Route 53, and CloudWatch.
• Implement serverless applications using Node.js and AWS Lambda, following best practices for scalability, performance, resilience, and cost optimisation.

Skills

Node.js API

React.js

Next.js

AWS

Git

Docker

OpenAPI

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Docker

OpenAPI

Job description

Astro Malaysia is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join our technology team in Kuala Lumpur. You will own and evolve RESTful APIs, microservices, and frontend applications leveraging React.js, Next.js, and AWS cloud services.

The role emphasizes scalable architecture, performance tuning, and collaboration with product managers to deliver high-impact software solutions. You will participate across the SDLC, drive engineering best practices, and provide technical leadership for complex