Senior Platform Architect & Tech Strategy Leader

Zuellig Pharma

Shah Alam

On-site

MYR 350,000 - 600,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Zuellig Pharma seeks a Principal Engineer within the E-commerce and Data Services cluster to set technical direction for the Malaysia hub and beyond. You will oversee the FSO process, governance, standards, and platform strategy, partnering with Head of Engineering to scale org-wide practices.

As the senior technical voice, you’ll shape architecture, drive AI-enabled development, mentor staff, and ensure secure, reliable deliveries across backend, frontend, and infra while aligning with business

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of professional software engineering experience with org-level technical leadership.
Proven experience defining engineering standards, governance frameworks, and platform strategy at organizational scale.
Experience in regulated industries (pharmaceuticals, healthcare, fintech, or logistics) is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

Oversee the FSO process at org-wide scope — setting BRD review standards, vendor evaluation frameworks, and integration quality gates that all squads follow.
Ensure consistency, accountability, and technical rigour across all outsourced workstreams in the hub.
Review and resolve escalations from Staff Engineers on complex FSO delivery, risk, or integration issues.
Partner with the Head of Engineering to design team structures, engineering workflows, and governance frameworks for the Malaysia hub.
Establish and own org-wide engineering standards — coding standards, API design principles, testing requirements, release processes, and security baselines.
Define the platform and tooling strategy — evaluating, selecting, and retiring technologies at the org level.
Lead architecture review processes, ensuring major technical decisions are well-reasoned, documented, and aligned with long-term platform direction.
Act as the senior technical voice in leadership and product strategy discussions — translating business direction into technical roadmap and structural decisions.
Identify cross-cutting technical risks, capability gaps, and scaling challenges before they impact delivery, and own the remediation roadmap.
Contribute to hiring standards and levelling frameworks — defining what technical excellence looks like at each grade in the organisation.
Set the org-wide infrastructure and platform direction — cloud architecture, Kubernetes fleet standards, IaC governance, and observability strategy.
Drive platform engineering initiatives that improve developer productivity, reliability, and delivery velocity across all teams.
Own the cost efficiency and security posture of the engineering platform in collaboration with Operations and InfoSec.
Provide deep technical guidance across backend, frontend, and infrastructure domains — hands-on across the full stack.
Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers, investing in their growth toward broader architectural and leadership responsibility.
Set the example for AI-assisted development — driving adoption, defining best practices, and raising the team’s capability with AI tooling.