Principal Software Engineer
Summary
Principal engineer designing secure, scalable systems for a Malaysian CA, leading architecture, CI/CD, and cloud platforms while mentoring senior engineers.
This is a hands‑on leadership role: you’ll design critical systems, guide implementation, mentor senior engineers, and implement modern engineering practices that result in resilient, scalable, and secure platforms. The ideal candidate is an expert in OOP, design patterns, RESTful APIs, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and databases, with a strong track record of solution/technical architecture and delivery governance.
Must‑Have
- 10+ years in software engineering, including 3–5+ years as a Principal/Staff Engineer or Software Architect for large-scale systems.
- Deep expertise in OOP and design patterns; strong command of clean architecture and domain-driven design (DDD).
- Proven design and delivery of RESTful APIs at scale with strong API governance.
- Hands‑on with CI/CD and DevOps practices, including automated testing, security scanning, and release strategies.
- Cloud architecture experience on Azure/AWS (multi-region, high availability, cost optimization).
- Strong database fundamentals (modeling, transactions, performance, replication) across SQL and NoSQL.
- Proficiency in at least two of: C#/.NET, Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go.
- Experience with containers/Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform), and observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK).
Nice‑to‑Have
- Event‑driven architectures, streaming (Kafka), CQRS, and caching strategies.
- Experience with zero‑downtime migrations, monolith decomposition, or platform engineering (internal developer platforms).
- Performance engineering (load testing, capacity planning, flame graphs/profiling).
POS DIGICERT is a wholly owned subsidiary of POS Malaysia Berhad, formerly known as Digicert Sdn Bhd. We are the leading Certification Authority (CA) in Malaysia providing trust solutions fore‑businesses. DIGICERT is licensed by the Government of Malaysia under the Digital Signature Act of 1997. Our trust solutions are legally recognized under Malaysian law.
Product & Services
POS DIGICERT is proud to be the Certification Authority in many strategic projects, to name a few eGovernment, ePerolehan, Online Pharmaceutical, MyKad PKI and PKI‑based Internet Banking. The launching of e‑Filing Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) project in which DIGICERT was chosen to be the premier CA, marked another milestone to the healthy growth of secured e‑commerce and transactions using a digital certificate over the Internet in Malaysia. Our projects are from various sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, education, technology, emerging business, professional services, healthcare, telecommunications, financial, architecture and insurance sectors. We would love to have you join our list of satisfied clients.