Software Developer

Phillip Capital Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PhillipCapital Group in Malaysia seeks an experienced software engineer to join as Manager, Fund Accounting. You will design, develop, and maintain business applications and APIs, building frontend interfaces and backend services across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes RESTful API work, code reviews, and collaboration with analysts, testers, and business users. The ideal candidate has 2–4 years in full-stack or backend development, strong OO design, and secure coding practices, with a proven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field.
• 2–4 years of full-stack/web development experience.
• Frontend and backend components experience.
• RESTful API design and consumption experience.
• Familiar with JSON, HTTP, API auth and error handling.
• GitHub or equivalent Git-based source control.
• Understanding branching, PRs, merges and release tagging.
• Strong object-oriented design and clean-code practices.
• Experience debugging and resolving production defects.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain business applications/features.
• Develop frontend interfaces and backend services.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs for internal and external use.
• Integrate apps with databases, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Participate in full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Collaborate with analysts, support, testers, infra, and users.
• Translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Write clean, reusable code per internal standards.
• Conduct peer code reviews and manage PRs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve defects and production incidents.
• Analyze logs and DB records to identify root causes.
• Prepare technical docs, API specs, deployment guides.
• Improve performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
• Follow governance, cybersecurity, and change-management processes.
• Identify opportunities for automation and CI improvements.

Skills

Full-stack

Web development

RESTful APIs

Git/GitHub

OOP

Software design

Debugging

Secure coding

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Job description

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PhillipCapital Group is a leading integrated financial institution headquartered in Singapore with a global presence in over 15 countries. In Malaysia, we are recognized for our strong reputation in capital markets, offering innovative financial solutions in broking, asset management, financial planning, and investment research.

We are seeking for candidates with experienced in Insurance, Capital Market, Unit Trust and Investment Industry background. The duties and responsibilities of Manager, Fund Accounting, but are not limited to the followings:

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain business applications/application features.
• Develop frontend interfaces and backend services based on business and technical requirements.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs for internal applications, external systems, and third-party integrations.
• Integrate applications with databases, APIs, authentication services, file interfaces, and other enterprise systems.
• Participate in the full software-development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Work closely with business analysts, application support teams, testers, infrastructure teams, and business users.
• Translate functional requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Develop clean, reusable, and well-structured source code according to internal coding standards.
• Experience to use source code management, branching, pull requests, code reviews, version control, and release coordination.
• Perform peer code reviews and address review comments before code is merged.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application defects, API failures, integration issues, and production incidents.
• Analyse application logs and database records to identify root causes and implement permanent fixes.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, API specifications, deployment guides, and system support documentation.
• Assist in improving application performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
• Follow the organisation’s software development, change management, cybersecurity, and governance processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve development efficiency through reusable components, automation, and continuous integration practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Two to four years of relevant experience in full-stack, web, backend, or software application development.
• Experience developing frontend and backend components for business applications.
• Practical experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with JSON, HTTP methods, API authentication, error handling, and API integration.
• Experience using GitHub or an equivalent Git-based source‑control platform.
• Understanding of branching strategies, pull requests, merge processes, code reviews, and release tagging.
• Good understanding of object‑oriented programming, software‑design principles, and clean‑code practices.
• Experience with application debugging, troubleshooting, and production defect resolution.
• Basic understanding of software security, authentication, authorisation, and secure coding practices.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with technical and business stakeholders.