Senior Software Engineer

AirAsia MOVE is a dynamic ASEAN-focused budget travel company that’s redefining the way people experience travel. As part of the Capital A Group, we aim to deliver seamless, customer-centric solutions that combine innovation and operational excellence. By focusing on creating delightful customer journeys, we’re shaping the future of budget travel.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer II, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining services and features that directly impact our users. You’ll work as part of a squad alongside senior engineers, product managers, and designers, contributing to everything from backend services and APIs to mobile and web integrations - depending on your stack.

This is an ideal role for someone with a strong engineering foundation who’s ready to take on bigger ownership and grow toward a Senior Engineer or Specialist track.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Domain & Engineering Excellence

• Design, develop, and deliver solutions for well-defined components and services.
• Apply sound technical design and architectural practices, ensuring security, performance, and scalability.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using modern best practices (TDD, CI/CD).
• Contribute to technical discussions, code reviews, and the adoption of new technologies.

2. Execution & Operational Excellence

• Participate actively in Agile/Scrum teams, contributing to backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Provide task-level estimates and proactively flag potential blockers.
• Maintain focus on delivering quality outcomes by incorporating testing, documentation, and best coding practices into everyday work.
• Collaborate with DevOps, QA, and Product teams to ensure smooth delivery to production environments.

3. Organizational Building & Collaboration

• Be a strong team player, collaborating across functions and building trusted relationships.
• Share knowledge openly through documentation, mentorship, and internal sharing sessions.
• Contribute to internal knowledge management practices, creating a learning and growth-driven environment.
• Embody AirAsia MOVE's culture of continuous learning, openness, and customer focus.
• Experiment with emerging technologies and introduce improvements to tools, processes, and systems.
• Participate in internal initiatives to drive engineering excellence, DevOps improvements, and operational automation.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficient in backend development using Java (Spring Boot) and Python. Familiar with front end development technologies such as React.js is a plus
• Solid understanding of Git. Branching strategies, merging strategies and best practices
• Strong proficiency in Data Structures & Algorithms, problem-solving aptitude
• Deep understanding of the challenges associated with operating large-scale production systems with experience in continuous integration, test automation, and monitoring
• Strong grasp of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle) and Git best practices.
• Experience in building scalable, highly available, and secure applications.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• Experience with application monitoring tools (AppDynamics, Dynatrace, New Relic).
• Exposure to Agile development, cloud cost optimization, and security best practices.
• Experience with performance testing, load testing, and monitoring at scale.

Why Join AirAsia MOVE?

• Shape the future of travel technology across Southeast Asia.
• Work with talented, passionate engineers in a collaborative, supportive environment.
• Get hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and large-scale systems.
• Enjoy a dynamic, fast-paced culture that supports personal growth, innovation, and continuous learning.