Senior Software engineer backend

New Era Technology; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT services provider is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Backend in Kuala Lumpur. The successful candidate will design and write code using GO, collaborate across teams, and have a deep understanding of backend development principles. Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Competitive benefits and a commitment to team growth are provided.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as a backend developer.
• Familiarity developing services that serve HTTP Restful APIs.
• Exposure to microservice architecture and its deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and write code using GO language to improve services.
• Participate in code and design reviews.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams for scaling back-end services.

Skills

Good coder in any programming language

Knowledge of programming design patterns

Understanding of clean code and SOLID principles

Familiarity with containerization

Good understanding of CI/CD concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or IT

Tools

Kubernetes

Dockerfile

AWS

Job description

Overview

Join New Era Technology, where People First is at the heart of everything we do. With a global team of over 4,500 professionals, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and inspired to grow. Our mission is to securely connect people, places, and information with end-to-end technology solutions at scale.

At New Era, you’ll join a team-oriented culture that prioritizes your personal and professional development. Work alongside industry-certified experts, access continuous training, and enjoy competitive benefits. Driven by values like Community, Integrity, Agility, and Commitment, we nurture our people to deliver exceptional customer service.

If you want to make an impact in a supportive, growth-oriented environment, New Era is the place for you. Apply today and help us shape the future of work—together.

Role

Hiring: Senior Software Engineer Backend - Malaysia (Client Location) | New Era Technology

Client Location: KL, Malaysia
Company: New Era Technology – www.neweratech.com
Work Type: Full-Time
Employment: Permanent

About the Role

New Era Technology is looking for experienced Senior Software Engineer Backend to be deployed at our prestigious client in Malaysia at their KL office.

Responsibilities

• Design and write with the cutting edge GO language to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Digibank’s range of services.
• Work with the engineering team to explore and create new design / architectures geared towards scale and performance.
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards.
• Engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization.
• Collaborate with product and experience teams to define and prototype feature specifications.
• Work closely with the infrastructure team in building and scaling back-end services as well as performing root cause analysis investigations.
• Design, build, analyse and fix large-scale systems.
• Learn full stack performance tuning and optimization.
• Debug and modify complex production software.
• You will develop features as defined in the product or engineering specifications.
• You will author specifications documents as per functional requirements provided by the product team.
• You will help to mentor any junior engineers about the best-practices in software development.
• You will have service ownership of several microservices in the squad.
• Availability: Candidates who can join max in 30-60 days.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Computer/ Telecommunication), Computer Science/ Information Technology, or equivalent.
• You can be a good coder in any language (C++, C, Java, Scala, Rust, Haskell, OCaml, Erlang, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node.JS, C#, etc.), but willing to work on Golang.
• At least 5 years of experience as a backend developer.
• Good knowledge of programming design patterns (Singleton, Factory, etc.).
• Solid understanding of clean code and SOLID principles.
• Strong understanding of clean architecture principles.
• Familiarity developing services that serve HTTP Restful APIs and communicate with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, SQS).
• Familiarity with containerization (Kubernetes and Dockerfile).
• Familiarity with any cloud deployment service (e.g., AWS).
• Good understanding of CI/CD concepts.
• Exposure to Microservice architecture and involvement in a microservice from design to deployment.

Availability

Availability: Candidates who can join within 30-60 days.

How to Apply

Send your updated resume to [e-mail] with the subject line: “Senior Software Engineer Backend – Malaysia”

About Us

New Era Technology (www.neweratech.com) is a global IT services provider with a footprint in 80+ countries, delivering cutting-edge digital transformation, consulting, and staffing services across industries.

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