CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Salary: RM 15,000 – RM 20,000 per month
We are seeking a highly experienced technology leader to take ownership of the company’s overall technology strategy, engineering organization, product development, infrastructure architecture, security, and system reliability.
This is a senior hands-on leadership role combining CTO-level technology strategy with deep Infrastructure / SRE / Cloud Architecture expertise. The successful candidate will define the technical roadmap, lead engineering and SRE teams, architect large-scale distributed systems, and build secure, highly available, multi-cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the company’s overall technology strategy, architecture roadmap, and technical transformation
Build, lead, mentor, and manage Engineering, DevOps, and SRE teams
Partner with founders and management on product strategy and technology direction
Own major architecture decisions, technical standards, and engineering reviews
Design organization-wide Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation standards using Terraform, Ansible, and related technologies
Architect scalable distributed systems across Java, Python, Go, PHP, and Node.js
Design microservices, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service governance strategies
Develop multi-cloud / hybrid-cloud architecture across AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, GCP, etc.
Lead capacity planning, cloud cost optimization / FinOps, high availability, and scalability
Design CDN, edge acceleration, traffic routing, multi-CDN scheduling, and global traffic management
Own enterprise DNS, domain, SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle, WAF, DDoS protection, and security architecture
Lead DevOps modernization, CI/CD platform development, containerization, and platform engineering
Design enterprise network and Zero Trust architecture, including firewalls, VPN, proxies, WireGuard, OpenVPN, SD-WAN, and remote-access solutions
Establish enterprise observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability standards
Architect database, storage, backup, replication, sharding, read/write splitting, and multi-active systems
Design and implement Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) strategies with appropriate RTO/RPO targets
Lead technical incident response and ensure overall system stability, security, availability, and resilience
Manage technology budgets, infrastructure vendors, and strategic technology partnerships
Establish engineering best practices, technical governance, development standards, and operational processes
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
8+ years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or systems architecture
3+ years of experience leading engineering / technology teams
Strong experience designing large-scale distributed systems and highly available architectures
Deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks
Proven experience with AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, GCP, Azure, or other major cloud platforms
Strong understanding of networking, cybersecurity, Zero Trust, WAF, DDoS protection, DNS, CDN, VPN, and enterprise security
Strong knowledge of database architecture, distributed storage, replication, backup, and disaster recovery
Experience establishing SRE, observability, SLO/SLI, incident management, and reliability engineering practices
Strong understanding of backend and application architecture, preferably across Java, Python, Go, PHP, or Node.js
Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making skills
Comfortable working in a hands-on technical leadership environment, not purely management
Prefer candidates from the Klang Valley area. Once the office is set up, candidates will be required to return to the office when necessary or attend meetings at the office.