Software Engineering Manager

MOVE WP. Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Engineering Manager – AirAsia Ride

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, and marketplace efficiency.

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