Tech Lead (JavaScript)

Overview Building data driven SaaS tools that help airlines make informed commercial decisions from; routes, maintenance, demand planning, operations and forecast models

Projects

2 core SaaS products that are mature - actively used by customers & continuously evolving.

1 successful data product is already in place that provides market insights from the supply side. A new data product targeting the demand side is currently in its initial phase, with significant development and scaling planned for H2 2025 and into 2026

Responsibilities

Create and lead development team in executing technical roadmap and guard coding best practices

Taking ownership of projects from architecture, design, build and maintain customer-facing applications

Collaborate closely with product managers (in EU) to define and design feature specifications

Coach & mentor junior developers - conduct code reviews and lead by example

Identify technical risk throughout Systems development life cycle and suggest mitigation options

Team Org & Culture

Reporting to either the Head of Engineering who has relocated from EU to Malaysia

Entrepreneurial and ambitious team from Malaysia and Europe, which include ex management consultants

The engineering hub in KL (15 staff) supports software development, data engineering and analytics

Must Have

Proven experience in leading a team of engineers - mentored and promoted them

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

Experience with Databricks / AWS cloud infrastructure

Highly technical role and is suitable for lead / staff / principal engineers to apply

8 to 10+ years of software engineering experience

2 years of experience in a technical leadership role

Work Arrangement

Hybrid with 3 days work from office

Based in Bangsar South / KL Gateway (Close to MRT / LRT)

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