Senior PHP & React Engineer (AWS) — Backend Focus

Ascendion; Cyberjaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to lead backend services using PHP and AWS while delivering React-based frontend features. You will work on customer-facing and internal platforms in regulated banking environments.

The role emphasizes API design, system integrations, and end-to-end lifecycle responsibilities from requirements to testing and production support, with a focus on performance, security and documentation.

Qualifications

• 5 years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications using PHP.
• Hands-on experience developing frontend applications using React.
• Experience designing and delivering APIs or system integrations.
• Strong understanding of object-orientated programming and application design.
• Experience working with relational databases, ideally MySQL.
• Commercial experience supporting applications hosted on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and deploy applications using PHP, React, MySQL and AWS.
• Develop backend services, APIs and system integrations.
• Build and maintain frontend features using React.
• Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Design application components, database structures and integration flows.
• Write automated tests to improve release quality and reduce regression issues.
• Maintain clear system, application and API documentation.
• Use approved generative AI tools for test creation, refactoring, documentation and code explanation.
• Contribute to selected AI-enabled initiatives, including AI-assisted testing and potential RAG use cases.

Skills

PHP

React

AWS

MySQL

APIs

OOP

Job description

Ascendion in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to lead backend services using PHP and AWS while delivering React-based frontend features. You will work on customer-facing and internal platforms in regulated banking environments.

The role emphasizes API design, system integrations, and end-to-end lifecycle responsibilities from requirements to testing and production support, with a focus on performance, security and documentation.