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.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years in leadership (Tech Lead, EM, or equivalent).Experience leading cross-functional teams delivering consumer-grade apps or platforms at scale.Strong technical background in mobile (React Native) and / or backend (Node.js, Java, or equivalent).Proven track record in managing real-time, transactional, or high-availability systems.Familiar with CI / CD, monitoring, and cloud platforms (GCP / AWS).Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience in ride-hailing, mobility, logistics, or other two-sided marketplaces.Understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and data streaming.Knowledge of payment systems, fraud prevention, and regulatory compliance.Experience with marketplace algorithms (dispatching, routing, pricing).Exposure to superapp ecosystems and modular service integration.Seniority level
Mid-Senior levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
Engineering, Information Technology, and Project ManagementIndustries
Technology, Information and Media, Travel Arrangements, and Software Development#J-18808-Ljbffr