Senior Associate, Software Engineer

WHY JOIN US? • We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture. • We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company. • Good performance is always rewarded accordingly. “ It's our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable. ” JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: What you will do : You'll be a key engineer on our Self Service team, building the digital products that millions of Astro subscribers use to manage their accounts . The apps we build include the My Astro app , astro.com.my , My NJOI app, and internal apps for employees and dealers . • Own end-to-end delivery of customer-facing features across our web and mobile apps , from system design through to production monitoring • Build and maintain backend services and APIs in Node.js/TypeScript that power self-service journeys ( subscriptions, billing, entitlements, and account management ) • Develop responsive, performant frontends using React and Next.js, with strong attention to UX across device types • Design and ship AI-assisted features , including conversational interfaces, intelligent search, and LLM-powered tooling leveraging cloud AI services such as AWS Bedrock or equivalent • Work with AWS infrastructure (Lambda, EKS, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB) to build reliable, cost-aware systems and contribute to infra decisions • Integrate with third-party platforms and internal systems such as payment gateways, CMS, identity/SSO • Write automated tests (unit, integration) and participate in code reviews that raise the bar for the whole team • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket Pipelines) and support a healthy production environment through monitoring, alerting, and incident response • Collaborate with product managers and designers in an Agile team, from sprint planning through to retrospectives • Mentor junior engineers and help build a culture of shared ownership and continuous improvement REQUIREMENTS: Who you are : • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on production full-stack systems • Fluent in TypeScript/JavaScript across backend (Node.js : Express, Fastify , or similar) and frontend (React, Next.js) • Experience designing and building scalable RESTful APIs and integrating with third-party services • Experience with databases across relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) or NoSQL (DynamoDB) • Comfortable with state management ( Zustand , Redux) and data fetching patterns (SWR, React Query) • Strong UI skills using Tailwind CSS or comparable frameworks; you care about cross-device quality • Good instincts around security, observability, and production hygiene (logging, alerting, cost-aware resource usage) • Work well across cross-functional teams and communicates clearly . Y ou can translate technical trade-offs for non-engineers • Experience with development on AWS or a similar public cloud provider is a plus. • Hands-on with AI/LLM integration including building features with AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, or similar is a plus.