Senior Software Engineer & Lead – Modernization & Cloud

aia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

AIA in Malaysia is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to oversee modernization and operational excellence across a portfolio of technology solutions. You will collaborate with technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable digital solutions.

The role emphasizes 30-50% application management, 30-50% development, 10% portfolio support, and 10% people management, with focus on automation, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a technical lead role.
• Strong experience in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, .NET, Angular, RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, relational databases and enterprise application integration.
• Experience with Azure cloud services, Azure solution architecture, cloud-native application architecture and integration patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Azure DevOps and Git branching strategies.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, automated testing and release automation.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, system integration, performance tuning and security best practices.
• Experience managing enterprise applications across the full software development lifecycle.
• Experience in application modernization, technical debt management and cloud migration initiatives.
• Experience working with vendors and cross-functional technology teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing multiple enterprise applications and vendors is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical accountability for applications under assigned portfolio.
• Manage application roadmap, technical debt and lifecycle activities.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, audit and SDLC requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis and drive preventive actions for recurring issues.
• Drive continuous improvements in application stability, security, maintainability and scalability.
• Lead technical design and solution reviews for all enhancements.
• Promote engineering practices including code review, automated testing, CI/CD and AI-Assisted Engineering.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, security and supportability requirements.
• Drive automation and engineering improvements to improve delivery quality and productivity.
• Act as SME to provide technical consultation, effort estimation and solution recommendations.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects and stakeholders on solution design and delivery planning.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and mitigation plans.
• Support modernization, automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance during incidents, problem resolution and major changes.
• Manage vendor technical deliverables, quality, risks and SLA compliance for assigned applications.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

.NET

Angular

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Relational databases

Enterprise integration

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Git branching

CI/CD tooling

DevSecOps

Automated testing

Job description

AIA in Malaysia is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to oversee modernization and operational excellence across a portfolio of technology solutions. You will collaborate with technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable digital solutions.

The role emphasizes 30-50% application management, 30-50% development, 10% portfolio support, and 10% people management, with focus on automation, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.