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 an Engineering Manager – AirAsia Ride, you’ll lead cross-functional engineering squads responsible for building and scaling our ride-hailing platform. You oversee systems spanning mobile (React Native), backend (Node.js), real-time services, job assignments, payments, and operational tooling. This is a hands-on leadership role combining people management, technical direction, and delivery ownership to ensure a seamless, reliable, and delightful experience for both riders and drivers.
1. Team Management & Growth
Manage, coach, and grow a team of software engineers across mobile, backend, and QA.
Conduct career development, performance reviews, and growth planning.
Foster a high-performance engineering culture emphasizing delivery, reliability, and innovation.
2. Technical Oversight
Provide architectural guidance for real-time systems.
Ensure best practices for coding, testing, observability, and secure development.
Drive technical standards across React Native apps, backend services, APIs, and infra.
Collaborate with platform, data, and infra teams to ensure scalability and cost efficiency.
3. Delivery & Execution
Own sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and release management across squads.
Monitor system SLAs—availability, latency, booking success rate, and error budgets.
Ensure seamless app updates, backend deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
Partner with QA, SRE, Ops teams to uphold reliability and resilience of production systems.
4. Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with Product, Ops, and Design to deliver impactful features at speed.
Provide technical input during product discovery, UX reviews, and growth initiatives.
Partner with Operations and Business stakeholders to improve driver supply, rider demand,…
