Principal Engineer

AirAsia
Full-time Malaysia, Malaysia Other-General
Posted:
March 01, 2026
Location:
Malaysia, Malaysia, Malaysia

Job Description


Job Description

Job Title: Principal Engineer
Location: Kuala Lumpur 

About AirAsia MOVE

About the Role

As a Principal Engineer – Platform , you will drive the architectural strategy, scalability, and resilience of MOVE's backend services. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design distributed systems, evolve our microservices infrastructure, and mentor senior engineers across backend squads. Your work will directly impact millions of users as we scale regionally.

Core Competence

  • Deep coding, system design, and architecture expertise.

  • Cross-functional system knowledge for resilience, availability, and scale.

  • Confident in architectural and design trade-offs.

  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

  • Ability to own and evolve the team's technical roadmap.

  • Proficiency in AI-...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Malaysia, Malaysia
Posted: March 01, 2026
Deadline: April 10, 2026