Backend Jobs in Malaysia
There are 326 open Backend jobs in Malaysia on freehire right now. 109 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, java and rest.
Most requested skills
- api 60%
- java 38%
- rest 36%
- microservices 35%
- cloud 33%
- aws 29%
- ci-cd 27%
- sql 25%
How the work is done
- Onsite 47 · 14%
- Hybrid 30 · 9%
- Remote 18 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 44% of the 9 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 129
- Lead 22
- Junior 10
- Middle 7
- Principal 5
- Staff 2
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 24
- 501-1000 employees 11
- 11-50 employees 1
- 51-200 employees 1
Senior Backend Developer – Java / Spring Boot
Senior backend developer (6–9 yrs) at Accenture in Kuala Lumpur building and maintaining Java/J2EE Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs for a digital banking application, using Kafka for event-driven messaging, Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift for containers, and Oracle databases.
Senior Java Backend Engineer: Cloud-Native Microservices & APIs
Designs, develops, and maintains secure, scalable backend services for financial systems on a global application development team. Day to day: building Java microservices and REST/SOAP APIs with Spring Boot or Quarkus, plus API security, observability, and CI/CD with Maven, Git, and Azure DevOps.
Senior Backend Developer - Java / Spring Boot & Microservices
Senior backend developer at Accenture in Kuala Lumpur building and enhancing banking solutions: designing REST APIs and Kafka-driven microservices in Java/Spring Boot, with containerized deployments on Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift against Oracle DB in Unix/Linux environments.
Finance Systems Backend Engineer – Java/Spring Boot
Backend engineer at LanceSoft Malaysia building and modernizing enterprise finance web applications with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices. Day to day: translating business requirements into scalable solutions, secure coding, CI/CD pipelines, AWS deployments, testing, and performance monitoring, based in Kuala Lumpur.
Senior Back End Developer
Senior back-end developer in Kuala Lumpur designing, building and maintaining web and application solutions on a MEAN-style stack (TypeScript, NestJS, Node.js, MongoDB, Express, AngularJS) with Rust, participating in the full SDLC, architecture, code reviews and mentoring other engineers. Mandarin and English are required for client-facing work.
Data Developer ( Backend & AI)
Backend/data developer on a 35+ person in-house Data & AI team, building real-time data pipelines and AI agent systems with direct business impact. Day to day: Flink/Java streaming jobs, Python/Go backend services and APIs, LLM-powered agents (LangChain, RAG), and SQL/NoSQL data management on Alibaba Cloud and AWS.
Senior Backend Developer
Senior Backend Developer at Novax Solution (Sunway Velocity, Kuala Lumpur, hybrid) designing and maintaining secure, scalable backend applications with PHP/Laravel and Golang — building REST APIs, microservices, and optimized databases, integrating payment gateways, and mentoring junior developers.
Golang Backend Engineer–API & Distributed Systems
Go backend engineer building high-concurrency REST and gRPC services for a travel-tech platform that aggregates and distributes transportation inventory (rail, bus, airport transfers) to OTAs and travel agencies. Work spans microservices, MySQL, message queues, and AI Agent/LLM integrations.
Low-Latency Backend Engineer – Security Detectors
Backend engineer at Obiguard in Kuala Lumpur who owns the inspection layer: designing and shipping low-latency security detectors for PII, prompt injection, and policy rules. Involves working directly with customers during on-site pilots and turning AI safety research into production-ready tooling.
Senior Backend Engineer — Spring Boot & PostgreSQL
Senior backend engineer at VDart Malaysia building and maintaining services that power customer journeys and business applications. Day-to-day involves Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and Node.js development, API design, code reviews, and contributing to architecture and engineering process improvements in Kuala Lumpur.
Backend Engineer: Java, Spring, Open Source & AI
Backend software engineer at Lenovo (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) who designs, implements, and tests Java services using Spring and MyBatis, optimizes SQL for PostgreSQL/MySQL, and works with Redis, Kafka, and CI/CD in large-scale, multi-threaded systems.
Java Backend Engineer, Spring Boot & Microservices
Java backend engineer at Axonect in Kuala Lumpur developing, enhancing, and maintaining enterprise applications using Spring Boot, microservices, and RESTful APIs, with testing, CI/CD, and secure coding practices; exposure to AWS, Linux, Kafka, and Redis is a plus.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Senior backend engineer on Grab's SNP personalization team in Petaling Jaya, owning the end-to-end recommendation pipeline (candidate generation, pre-ranking, ranking) that serves millions of users across Southeast Asia. Day-to-day work centers on building Go services, partnering with Data Science on ML infrastructure and feature engineering, and on-call production support.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Get to Know the Team On Grab's Identity (IAM) team you will build class leading registration, authentication, and authorization systems for all user participants in the Grab ecosystem tailored for SEA markets. This…
Java Developer (Back-end)
Salary: RM 5,000 – RM 7,000 per month Why Join Us If you enjoy building reliable systems, solving technical challenges, and developing impactful solutions, this role is for you. As a Java Developer, you will work on…
Software Engineer, Backend
Backend engineer on Grab's Fulfilment team, designing and maintaining mission-critical Go-based backend services for GrabFood in Southeast Asia. Day to day: building scalable APIs and microservices with infrastructure and mobile teams, doing root-cause analysis, and code/design reviews. Onsite in Petaling Jaya, 24-month contract.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Get to know the team The Fulfillment tech family is one of the pillars enabling Grab to out-serve our customers and partners in different businesses and marketplaces across Southeast Asia. We are working on high…
Sr. Assoc, BackEnd Eng, WRB Tech (PL/SQL Developer)
Sr. Assoc, BackEnd Eng, WRB Tech (PL/SQL Developer) Language Sign In Employee Login Job Alerts Link Job Details Sr. Assoc, BackEnd Eng, WRB Tech (PL/SQL Developer) Job Description Requisition Number: 62345 Job…
Senior .NET Core Backend Developer (APIs & DDD)
Senior backend developer at Ria Money Transfer building and maintaining .NET Core services: designing RESTful and SOAP APIs, modeling domain logic with DDD, and implementing SQL Server data access in Agile teams.
Cloud Service Engineer / Senior Backend Engineer
Salary: RM 6,000 – RM 8,000 per month We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop and operate the server-side foundation of the Group's industrial digital platform supporting offshore EPCIC operations.…