Technical Lead (Software)

Ideal Reliance; Puchong; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Hospitalisation Leave

EPF

SOCSO

EIS

Medical Insurance

Annual Leave

5 Working Days

Annual Bonus

Allowance Provided

Job summary

Jora Malaysia is seeking a Software Manager to lead a skilled engineering team delivering AI-driven enterprise software. You will guide backend development with Python, FastAPI/Flask, and robust DevOps practices, ensuring scalable, secure solutions and strong collaboration with product and business units.

The role emphasizes modern AI-assisted development, deployment automation, and architectural leadership in a on-site, Malaysia-based environment with competitive compensation and regular work

Qualifications

• Ability to lead, mentor, and manage junior software engineers and technical teams.
• Capable of driving accountability, teamwork, and delivery performance.
• Familiarity with modern AI-assisted software development approaches such as Claude Code, AI copilots, prompt-driven development, and automation-assisted coding workflows.
• Open mindset toward reducing repetitive traditional coding through AI-driven development practices.
• Solid hands-on experience in Python software development, especially for backend systems, APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Strong experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar backend frameworks.
• Good understanding of RESTful API architecture and integration design.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, deployment automation, and environment management.
• Comfortable managing and troubleshooting Linux-based environments, servers, containers, and deployment platforms.
• Understanding of scalable software architecture, modular design, integration patterns, and maintainable system development practices.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Exposure to AI platforms, AI agents, chatbot systems, LLM integrations, AI automation workflows, or voice AI solutions is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud deployment models.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the software engineering team, including task planning, technical guidance, mentoring, and performance monitoring of junior developers and engineers.
• Drive AI-assisted software development practices using modern AI coding tools to improve development speed, quality, and efficiency while reducing dependency on traditional coding methods.
• Oversee the development, integration, deployment and maintenance of AI-driven applications, enterprise platforms, APIs, automation workflows, and related software systems.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, business users, internal departments, and external customers to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and practical software solutions.
• Ensure software delivery aligns with product goals, user experience, operational requirements and customer expectations.
• Define and maintain software development standards, architecture guidelines, coding practices, documentation standards and security best practice.
• Lead backend architecture and development activities using Python-based technologies such as Fast API and Flask, while ensuring maintainable and scalable system design.
• Manage DevOps and CI/CD processes including GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, deployment automation, monitoring, release management, and environment standardization.
• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of automated build, testing, deployment, and rollback processes to improve operational stability and delivery efficiency.
• Manage containerized application environments and deployment strategies across development, staging, and production platforms.
• Participate in technical architecture discussions, solution reviews, code reviews, and technology evaluations to ensure alignment with business and technical objectives.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, frameworks and platforms that can improve software delivery capabilities and business innovation.
• Identify technical risks, system bottlenecks and operational gaps, and proactively implement mitigation and improvement strategies.
• Ensure proper collaboration between software, infrastructure, DevOps, AI and product teams to support successful project execution and operational readiness.
• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident resolution, and continuous system improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to software roadmap planning, technical strategy, resource planning and long-term platform scalability initiatives.
• Promote a customer-focused engineering culture where software delivery prioritizes usability, business value, operational effectiveness, and user satisfaction.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Accountability

AI-assisted development

Python programming

FastAPI/Flask

REST API

GitLab/Jenkins/Docker

Linux environments

Cloud familiarity

Tools

Python

FastAPI

Flask

REST

GitLab

Jenkins

Docker

Linux

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Jora Malaysia will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Ability to lead, mentor, and manage junior software engineers and technical teams.

Capable of driving accountability, teamwork, and delivery performance.

Familiarity with modern AI-assisted software development approaches such as Claude Code, AI copilots, prompt-driven development, and automation-assisted coding workflows.

Open mindset toward reducing repetitive traditional coding through AI-driven development practices.

Solid hands-on experience in Python software development, especially for backend systems, APIs, and enterprise applications.

Strong experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar backend frameworks.

Good understanding of RESTful API architecture and integration design.

Hands-on experience with GitLab, GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, deployment automation, and environment management.

Comfortable managing and troubleshooting Linux-based environments, servers, containers, and deployment platforms.

Understanding of scalable software architecture, modular design, integration patterns, and maintainable system development practices.

Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

Exposure to AI platforms, AI agents, chatbot systems, LLM integrations, AI automation workflows, or voice AI solutions is an added advantage.

Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud deployment models.

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Puchong, Selangor

Working Hour: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm (on-site)

Salary Range: Up to RM15,000.00

Requirement

Skills and Experience:

• Ability to lead, mentor, and manage junior software engineers and technical teams.

• Capable of driving accountability, teamwork, and delivery performance.

• Familiarity with modern AI-assisted software development approaches such as Claude Code, AI copilots, prompt-driven development, and automation-assisted coding workflows.

• Open mindset toward reducing repetitive traditional coding through AI-driven development practices.

• Solid hands-on experience in Python software development, especially for backend systems, APIs, and enterprise applications.

• Strong experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar backend frameworks.

• Good understanding of RESTful API architecture and integration design.

• Hands-on experience with GitLab, GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, deployment automation, and environment management.

• Comfortable managing and troubleshooting Linux-based environments, servers, containers, and deployment platforms.

• Understanding of scalable software architecture, modular design, integration patterns, and maintainable system development practices.

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

• Exposure to AI platforms, AI agents, chatbot systems, LLM integrations, AI automation workflows, or voice AI solutions is an added advantage.

• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud deployment models.

Additional Details

• Job Type: Permanent

• Location: Puchong, Selangor

• Working Hour: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm (on-site)

• Salary Range: Up to RM15,000.00

Responsibility

The Software Manager is responsible for leading the development, delivery, and operational management of AI-driven and enterprise software applications. This role oversees both the technical direction and team execution across AI platforms, backend systems, frontend applications, DevOps, infrastructure, and integrations.

The Software Manager will lead a software engineering team, drive modern AI-assisted development practices (e.g., Claude Code / AI-assisted coding workflows), and ensure software solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with business and customer needs. This role focuses not only on technical implementation, but also on strengthening team leadership, improving software delivery processes, and building a customer-focused engineering culture. The ideal candidate combines hands-on technical capability with leadership, DevOps understanding, AI platform exposure, and strong execution skills.

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead and manage the software engineering team, including task planning, technical guidance, mentoring, and performance monitoring of junior developers and engineers.

• Drive AI-assisted software development practices using modern AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, vibe coding approaches) to improve development speed, quality, and efficiency while reducing dependency on traditional coding methods.

• Oversee the development, integration, deployment and maintenance of AI-driven applications, enterprise platforms, APIs, automation workflows, and related software systems.

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, business users, internal departments, and external customers to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable and practical software solutions.

• Ensure software delivery aligns with product goals, user experience, operational requirements and customer expectations.

• Define and maintain software development standards, architecture guidelines, coding practices, documentation standards and security best practice.

• Lead backend architecture and development activities using Python-based technologies such as Fast API and Flask, while ensuring maintainable and scalable system design.

• Manage DevOps and CI/CD processes including GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, deployment automation, monitoring, release management, and environment standardization.

• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of automated build, testing, deployment, and rollback processes to improve operational stability and delivery efficiency.

• Manage containerized application environments and deployment strategies across development, staging, and production platforms.

• Participate in technical architecture discussions, solution reviews, code reviews, and technology evaluations to ensure alignment with business and technical objectives.

• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, frameworks and platforms that can improve software delivery capabilities and business innovation.

• Identify technical risks, system bottlenecks and operational gaps, and proactively implement mitigation and improvement strategies.

• Ensure proper collaboration between software, infrastructure, DevOps, AI and product teams to support successful project execution and operational readiness.

• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident resolution, and continuous system improvement initiatives.

• Contribute to software roadmap planning, technical strategy, resource planning and long-term platform scalability initiatives.

• Promote a customer-focused engineering culture where software delivery prioritizes usability, business value, operational effectiveness, and user satisfaction.

Benefits

• Medical and Hospitalisation Leave
• EPF
• SOCSO
• EIS
• Medical Insurance
• Annual Leave
• 5 Working Days
• Annual Bonus
• Allowance Provided

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