Senior Manager , Software Engineering

Job Description About AirAsia MOVE AirAsia MOVE is a dynamic ASEAN-focused budget travel platform redefining how people experience and book travel. As part of Capital A, we’re building products that span flights, hotels, e-hailing, experiences, payments, and more—powered by a tech-first mindset and a relentless focus on customer experience. Join us in shaping the digital future of travel across the region.

About the Role As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for building MOVE’s foundational systems—identity, authentication, service discovery, messaging, observability, and more. You’ll be a key driver in setting technical direction, growing platform engineers, and scaling systems that serve millions of users across our travel and fintech products. Key Responsibilities Own and drive delivery of multiple frontend & backend teams building scalable, high-performance web and mobile applications.

Translate product & tech roadmap vision into clear engineering roadmaps and ensure timely, high-quality execution. Build and scale strong frontend engineering teams through hiring, mentorship, and career development. Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end customer experiences. Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, architecture reviews, and tech debt management.

Drive continuous improvement in developer velocity, operational excellence, and platform stability. Align with leadership on business priorities, technical strategy, and long-term technology investments. Foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and customer-centric engineering. Required Qualifications 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in engineering leadership roles.

Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and microservices. Track record of driving engineering excellence, career development, and cross-team influence. Proven leadership of backend/platform teams delivering large-scale, high-traffic applications. Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture (GCP/AWS/Azure), microservices, and data platforms.

Proven experience designing resilient, scalable, and secure platforms at enterprise scale. Strong leadership in system design, architecture reviews, and cross-team technical governance. Prior Hands-on expertise in full-stack development, API design, data modeling, and infrastructure-as-code. Strong technical background in modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, etc.) with ability to guide architectural decisions.

Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and observability. Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and influencing skills. Experience driving hiring, team growth, coaching, and people leadership. Startup experience is strongly preferred. Why Join AirAsia MOVE? Drive the core systems that power one of ASEAN’s most ambitious travel platforms.

Be part of a high-impact, engineering-led transformation with regional scale. Collaborate with top engineering leaders across backend, product, and DevOps. Enjoy high ownership, fast iteration cycles, and visibility across the org. Regional travel perks and access to diverse verticals within Capital A. We are all different - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences.

At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be the best. We committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We are all different - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are all different - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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