Lead / Senior Software Engineer: JavaScript

Lead / Senior Software Engineer: JavaScript Why Join Us?

• Be part of a data-driven technology spin-off from a leading aviation strategy, logistics, and air cargo consultancy.
• Contribute to building SaaS tools that empower airlines to make informed commercial decisions across routes, maintenance, demand planning, operations, and forecasting.
• Work with a niche market leader, gain international exposure, and enjoy opportunities for (optional) international travel.
• Modern tech stack: Angular 19 & RxJS, Nest.js, AWS, Databricks, Node.js, MongoDB, Micro-services, CI/CD. Projects
• Work on two core SaaS products that are mature, actively used by customers, and continuously evolving.
• Support a successful data product providing market insights from the supply side.
• Participate in the development and scaling of a new data product targeting the demand side, with significant growth planned for H2 2025 and into 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects from architecture and design to building and maintaining customer-facing applications.
• Collaborate closely with product managers (based in the EU) to define and design feature specifications.
• Coach and mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and lead by example.
• Identify technical risks throughout the systems development life cycle and suggest mitigation options. Team Organization & Culture
• Report to the Head of Engineering, who has relocated from the EU to Malaysia.
• Join an entrepreneurial and ambitious team from Malaysia and Europe, including ex-management consultants.
• Be part of the engineering hub in Kuala Lumpur (15 staff), supporting software development, data engineering, and analytics. Must-Have Qualifications
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript full stack engineering, with experience designing and developing scalable, user-facing solutions.
• Experience with front-end frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) and back-end development in Node.js and/or Nest.js.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Nice-to-Have Qualifications
• Experience with Databricks and/or AWS cloud infrastructure. Grade / Level
• Highly technical, 100% individual contributor role. - 4 to 5+ years of software engineering experience. Work Arrangement
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office.
• Office located in Bangsar South / KL Gateway (close to MRT / LRT).