Senior Engineering Manager - Platform

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Location: Kuala Lum pur

About AirAsia MOVE

AirAsia MOVE is a dynamic ASEAN-focused budget travel platform redefining how people experience and book travel. As part of Capital A, we’re building products that span flights, hotels, e-hailing, experiences, payments, and more—powered by a tech-first mindset and a relentless focus on customer experience. Join us in shaping the digital future of travel across the region.

About the Role

As a Senior Engineering Manager – Platform , you will lead the team responsible for building MOVE’s foundational systems—identity, authentication, service discovery, messaging, observability, and more. You’ll be a key driver in setting technical direction, growing platform engineers, and scaling systems that serve millions of users across our travel and fintech products.

Key Responsibilities

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Own and drive delivery of multiple frontend & backend teams building scalable, high-performance web and mobile applications.

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Translate product & tech roadmap vision into clear engineering roadmaps and ensure timely, high-quality execution.

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Build and scale strong frontend engineering teams through hiring, mentorship, and career development.

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Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end customer experiences.

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Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, architecture reviews, and tech debt management.

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Drive continuous improvement in developer velocity, operational excellence, and platform stability.

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Align with leadership on business priorities, technical strategy, and long-term technology investments.

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Foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and customer-centric engineering.

Required Qualifications

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10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles.

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Proven leadership of backend/platform teams delivering large-scale, high-traffic applications.

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Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS/Azure), microservices, and data platforms.

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Proven experience designing resilient, scalable, and secure platforms at enterprise scale.

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Hands-on understanding of cloud platforms (GCP), Kubernetes, and observability frameworks.

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Strong leadership in system design, architecture reviews, and cross-team technical governance.

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Prior Hands-on expertise in full-stack development, API design, data modeling, and infrastructure-as-code.

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Familiarity with platform domains like Auth, Notifications, Payments, Order Management, Developer Tooling.

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Strong technical background in modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, etc.) with ability to guide architectural decisions.

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Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and observability.

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Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and influencing skills.

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Track record of driving engineering excellence, career development, and cross-team influence.

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Exposure to multi-tenant systems, service mesh, or API governance frameworks.

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Startup experience is strongly preferred

Why Join AirAsia MOVE?

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Drive the core systems that power one of ASEAN’s most ambitious travel platforms.

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Be part of a high-impact, engineering-led transformation with regional scale.

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Collaborate with top engineering leaders across backend, product, and DevOps.

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Enjoy high ownership, fast iteration cycles, and visibility across the org.

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Regional travel perks and access to diverse verticals within Capital A.

We are all different - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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