About this role
Job Description Job Title: Engineering Manager - Ride Location: Kuala Lumpur
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 an Engineering Manager – AirAsia Ride, you’ll lead cross-functional engineering squads responsible for building and scaling our ride-hailing platform. You oversee systems spanning mobile (React Native), backend (Node.js), real-time services, job assignments, payments, and operational tooling. This is a hands-on leadership role combining people management, technical direction, and delivery ownership to ensure a seamless, reliable, and delightful experience for both riders and drivers.
Key Responsibilities 1. Team Management & Growth
• Manage, coach, and grow a team of software engineers across mobile, backend, and QA.
• Conduct career development, performance reviews, and growth planning.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture emphasizing delivery, reliability, and innovation.
2. Technical Oversight
• Provide architectural guidance for real-time systems.
• Ensure best practices for coding, testing, observability, and secure development.
• Drive technical standards across React Native apps, backend services, APIs, and infra.
• Collaborate with platform, data, and infra teams to ensure scalability and cost efficiency.
3. Delivery & Execution
• Own sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and release management across squads.
• Monitor system SLAs—availability, latency, booking success rate, and error budgets.
• Ensure seamless app updates, backend deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with QA, SRE, Ops teams to uphold reliability and resilience of production systems.
4. Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Product, Ops, and Design to deliver impactful features at speed.
• Provide technical input during product discovery, UX reviews, and growth initiatives.
• Partner with Operations and Business stakeholders to improve driver supply, rider demand, and marketplace efficiency.
Required Qualifications
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years in leadership (Tech Lead, EM, or equivalent).
• Experience leading cross-functional teams delivering consumer-grade apps or platforms at scale.
• Strong technical background in mobile (React Native) and/or backend (Node.js, Java, or equivalent).
• Proven track record in managing real-time, transactional, or high-availability systems.
• Familiar with CI/CD, monitoring, and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).
Preferred Qualifications
• Prior experience in ride-hailing, mobility, logistics, or other two-sided marketplaces.
• Understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and data streaming.
• Knowledge of payment systems, fraud prevention, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with marketplace algorithms (dispatching, routing, pricing).
• Exposure to superapp ecosystems and modular service integration.
Why Join AirAsia MOVE?
• Build the next-generation mobile experience for one of ASEAN’s most loved travel brands.
• High ownership environment with the freedom to influence mobile architecture and direction.
• Collaborate with passionate designers, product owners, and senior tech leads.
• Enjoy travel perks and exposure to cross-regional product teams within Capital A.