Senior Software Engineer: Backend & Frontend Tech Lead

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot, while building rich web applications with Angular and TypeScript.

You will own end-to-end components, collaborate across teams in Agile ceremonies, mentor junior developers, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile teams with exposure to leadership or mentorship.
• Working knowledge of asynchronous messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Performance tuning skills across API, database, and front-end layers.
• Experience using modern engineering AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, code assistants).
• Exposure to agentic AI concepts (LLM-based automation, n8n, RAG frameworks) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java & Spring Boot.
• Build rich, modular, responsive web applications using Angular & TypeScript.
• Work with SQL/NoSQL databases, optimize queries, and manage data integration.

Skills

Mentoring junior developers

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Java & Spring Boot

Angular & TypeScript

SQL/NoSQL databases

ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Grafana)

Kafka/RabbitMQ

CI/CD pipelines

Containerized deployments

Cloud environments

RESTful APIs

Event/messaging systems

GitHub Copilot / AI tooling

n8n / RAG frameworks

Job description

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot, while building rich web applications with Angular and TypeScript.

You will own end-to-end components, collaborate across teams in Agile ceremonies, mentor junior developers, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud environments.