Software Development Manager (Melaka)

This = the job you are looking for:

Lead and Grow High-Performing Teams

• Lead and inspire multiple multidisciplinary software engineering teams.

• Drive performance, career development and employee growth through regular coaching and feedback.

• Mentor engineers and emerging leaders, building a strong leadership pipeline.

• Partner in attracting, hiring, onboarding and retaining top engineering talent.

• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture aligned with our values.

Strengthen Engineering Excellence

• Provide technical leadership and guidance across teams.

• Champion engineering best practices, including clean code, automated testing, CI/CD and DevOps.

• Facilitate technical discussions, challenge assumptions and drive sound engineering decisions.

• Contribute to architecture discussions and long-term technology direction.

Drive Delivery Excellence

• Partner closely with Product Management and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Proactively manage risks, dependencies and delivery commitments.

• Balance feature delivery, product quality and technical debt.

• Drive accountability and ownership for team outcomes.

Build Organizational Capability

• Continuously improve engineering processes, team effectiveness and ways of working.

• Support the growth and scalability of our engineering organisation in Malaysia.

• Create an environment where engineers can do their best work and grow their careers.

This = what you bring

People Management

• Minimum 3 years' experience leading software engineering teams in a direct people management capacity.

• Proven experience managing multiple teams and/or leading engineering managers or team leads.

• Demonstrated success coaching, mentoring and developing engineers and future leaders.

• Experience managing performance, career development and complex people-related matters with professionalism, empathy and sound judgement.

• Strong ability to build trust, engagement and high-performing team cultures.

Technical Foundation

• 8-10+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex enterprise software products or SaaS solutions.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, API development, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices.

• Experience with Microsoft technologies including .NET, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server and Azure, alongside modern web application development, is highly preferred. Candidates from other enterprise technology environments with strong engineering leadership experience are also encouraged to apply.

• Ability to engage credibly with engineers, evaluate technical trade-offs and support sound technology decisions.

Delivery Leadership

• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and Scrum practices.

• Proven experience leading complex software delivery programmes and cross-functional teams.

• Ability to balance business priorities, technical excellence and team sustainability.

Please note that this position is open to candidates who are currently residing in Malaysia and authorized to work here. At this time, we are unable to support international relocation or visa sponsorship.