Software Engineer

SEEK; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Performance Bonus Plan

Flexible working

Office events and activities

Job summary

SEEK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in APAC to build and sustain production-grade software across key platforms for candidates, hirers and internal stakeholders. You will own services, improve reliability, and guide technical direction in a cross-functional squad.

You will mentor teammates, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate with product and design to deliver scalable, user-centric solutions.

Qualifications

• Senior Software Engineer with production-grade software experience and leadership, in a cross-functional team.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices including automated testing, code review, and observability.
• Experience working in cloud-based environments and modern DevOps practices.
• Track record of leading technical delivery, owning services end-to-end, and architectural decisions.
• Mentoring and supporting other engineers to grow their impact.
• Excellent communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production-grade software within a cross-functional squad.
• Lead technical delivery and shape architectural direction while collaborating with product and design.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to onboarding within the team.
• Drive Agile rituals and practices to improve delivery and quality.
• Champion secure coding practices and DevOps automation across build, test, and deployment.

Skills

Production-grade software

CI/CD

Cloud environments

DevOps practices

Mentoring engineers

Agile rituals

Secure coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication with stakeholders

Customer-focused

Tools

AWS

GCP

CI/CD tooling

Job description

About SEEK

At SEEK, we serve a noble purpose: to help people live more productive and fulfilling working lives and to help organisations succeed.

By joining us, you’ll be part of a multinational technology business that is far-reaching with a start-up working culture that focuses on a set of collaborative values and appreciates dynamic cultures. SEEK is a place where potential meets possibility – it’s where your career aspiration and our purpose can make great things happen.

Why join us?

Be part of a multinational tech company with strong core values to help us solve complex challenges while building a flexible, exciting career – one that could take you anywhere. We’re looking for people who thrive in dynamic teams and enjoy tackling regular new challenges in a large-scale, modern, and agile environment.

As one of Asia Pacific’s largest tech companies, you’ll contribute to multilingual systems, solving high-impact problems to the benefit of millions of people within the region. Be part of a fast-growing company with a strong culture and clear purpose, innovation and strong investment in responsible AI. SEEK offers you the opportunity to be involved in impactful work and be part of a great team.

Expect a great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences & courses while you work alongside seasoned experts.

About the role

We’re looking for aSenior Software Engineerto join SEEK and help us build products and platforms that deliver real value to our candidates, hirers and internal teams across APAC.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be a key technical contributor and leader within your squad. You’ll own and evolve critical services, improve the health and reliability of our platforms, and help shape technical direction. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad, collaborating with engineers, product and design to deliver user‑centric, reliable and scalable software, while mentoring others and lifting the overall engineering quality of the team.

Execute

• Consistently write and reviewclean, well-tested, secure and maintainable code, using current patterns and tooling.
• Collaborate closely within your squad toplan, deliver and operate high quality software, influencing scope and trade-offs.
• Play an active role inAgile rituals and practices (stand‑ups, planning, refinement, retros), helping the team continuously improve.
• Champion and applysecure coding practicesand standards in all development work.
• Communicate in atimely, clear and empathetic way with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Foster aDevOps culturethrough collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement of build, deployment and monitoring practices.
• Deeply understand yourcustomers, their needs and the business context, and use this to shape technical decisions and priorities.

Lead & support

• Mentor and coachother engineers, providing constructive feedback and helping them grow their skills and impact.
• Lead or significantly contribute totechnical discovery, design discussions and decision‑making, documenting and sharing outcomes.
• Contribute toonboardingof new team members and help create an inclusive, supportive team environment.

Qualifications

You’re a Senior Software Engineer who:

• Has strong experiencedesigning, building and operating production‑grade softwarein a collaborative team environment.
• Has deep understanding ofsoftware engineering best practices (automated testing, code review, CI/CD, secure coding, observability).
• Is highly proficient working incloud‑based environmentsand modernDevOpspractices.
• Has a track record ofleading technical delivery, making sound architectural decisions and owning services end‑to‑end.
• Enjoysmentoring and supporting other engineers, and contributing positively to team culture.
• Communicates effectively withboth technical and non‑technical stakeholders, influencing outcomes with data and clear reasoning.
• Is stronglycustomer‑focused, with a passion for building user‑centric, reliable and scalable solutions.
• Embraceslearning, feedback and continuous improvement, and helps others do the same.

Perks and benefits

Permanent Perks

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific supportor adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those with eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.