Develab Hiring! Full Time Java Software Engineer in Selangor - Ricebowl

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Malaysia for existing software products development.

Title : Senior Software Engineer (Java)

Note: only candidates based in Malaysia will be considered

Responsibilities

• Technical Ownership & Continuous Improvement
• Shape technical direction by influencing requirements and improving solution concepts early.
• Drive ongoing technical enhancements and challenge existing practices within the Cloud Development area.
• Take end-to-end ownership—design, build, test, deploy, and operate platform components to solve complex technical challenges with autonomy.
• Identify and address technical debt and operational risks proactively.
• Design, Build & Operate Cloud Platform Capabilities
• Develop cloud development platform services, APIs, automation, Infrastructure-as-Code modules, and backend components for company cloud ecosystems using Java, SpringBoot, AWS services, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability through robust designs, diligent programming, testing and applying reliability engineering concepts.
• Execute controlled deployments, including rollback planning and validation, and provide advanced 3rd level support.

Quality, Security & Engineering Excellence

• Apply high standards for secure coding, testing, observability, performance, and documentation.
• Lead code reviews, refactoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards and maintain product & technology knowhow.
• Contribute to DevSecOps maturity and organizational cloud engineering targets.

Collaboration, Teamwork & Mentoring

• Work closely with product owners, DevSecOps engineers, architects, and other platform engineers.
• Foster shared ownership, agile values, and collaborative ways of working within teams

Partner with technical leadership and product teams to align solutions with organizational goals.

• Mentor developers, promote professional growth, and contribute to technical alignment across areas.

Lifecycle & Process Improvements

• Enhance the software development lifecycle for efficiency, maintainability, and scalability

by leveraging modern technologies such as AI.

• Lead by example in defining technical strategy and engineering standards.

• Promote best practices and continuous process improvement within the team.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience as a Software Engineer, SysOps Engineer, Software

Engineer, API Engineer, or similar role with proven experience in software development and operation roles in a cloud environment.

• Proven experience in following technologies is a must: microservices architecture, AWS

and public cloud, REST APIs design, Pub/sub and event-drive architecture, CICD, infrastructure-as-code, AI in SDLC.

• Proven hands-on experience with Java & SpringBoot, scripting language and

CICD/DevOps tooling (GitLab, Terraform, EKS) using modern technologies.

• Ability to take ownership, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and

communicate clearly in an agile environment.

• Solid understanding of cloud security, resilience, and operational best practices
• Excellent analytical capabilities, ability to communicate with both technical and business

stakeholders, highly committed, self-driven, and customer oriented

Nice-to-have

• Familiarity with DevSecOps, SRE or platform engineering patterns.

• Experience with cost optimization, monitoring/observability and system reliability

engineering

• Knowledge of event-driven design and distributed system