Staff Engineer: Platform Architect & Roadmap Leader

AirAsia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading budget travel company is looking for a Staff Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to drive technical excellence and own the technology roadmap. The ideal candidate will have 8-14 years of backend development experience and proven skills in designing scalable systems. Responsibilities include mentoring developers, ensuring high availability, and making informed architectural trade-offs. Join a dynamic team and enjoy competitive compensation and career development opportunities in the fast-paced travel industry.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 8-14 years of backend development experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong experience in building backend services and knowledge of full stack is a plus.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural oversight and review designs for services and APIs.
• Define and enforce coding standards and design patterns.
• Ensure services meet high availability and fault tolerance requirements.

Skills

Cloud architecture expertise

Backend development (Java, Spring Boot, Nodejs)

Debugging and problem-solving

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

ELK

Job description

A leading budget travel company is looking for a Staff Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to drive technical excellence and own the technology roadmap. The ideal candidate will have 8-14 years of backend development experience and proven skills in designing scalable systems. Responsibilities include mentoring developers, ensuring high availability, and making informed architectural trade-offs. Join a dynamic team and enjoy competitive compensation and career development opportunities in the fast-paced travel industry.