About the role
Job Description
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, 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
Own and drive delivery of multiple frontend & backend teams building scalable, high-performance web and mobile applications.
Translate product & tech roadmap vision into clear engineering roadmaps and ensure timely, high-quality execution.
Build and scale strong frontend engineering teams through hiring, mentorship, and career development.
Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end customer experiences.
Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, architecture reviews, and tech debt management.
Drive continuous improvement in developer velocity, operational excellence, and platform stability.
Align with leadership on business priorities, technical strategy, and long-term technology investments.
Foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and customer-centric engineering.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles.
Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
Track record of driving engineering excellence, career development, and cross-team influence.
Proven leadership of backend/platform teams delivering large-scale, high-traffic applications.
Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS/Azure), microservices, and data platforms.…
