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About AirAsia

AirAsia was established by a government-owned automotive corporation, DRB-HICOM in 1993. In 2001, after garnering USD 11 million in debt, Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun's Tune Air Sdn Bhn bought AirAsia and turned it into one of the fastest-growing airlines in Asia. Today, AirAsia is known as a low-cost airline that enables passengers to fly to domestic and foreign destinations for a cheaper price. 

Your role

IKHLAS, a brand new line of business under AirAsia Digital aims to support Muslim communities around the world by providing unparalleled access to faith-based practices. This includes religious obligations such as Sadaqah, Umrah, Qurban, Aqiqah, and Shariah-compliant lifestyle choices. The company is also on a mission to provide affordable, accessible, and trustworthy products to the community through Muslim-friendly travel and Halal commerce.

The team is growing fast and AirAsia is looking to hire great software engineers to be the builders of a unique, innovative, and disruptive platform for the Muslim market. If you’re looking to create an outlasting impact through your work, IKHLAS is the platform for you.

As a Software Engineer at AirAsia Malaysia, you’ll spend time on the following:

• You will take ownership of the technical aspects of our global technology infrastructure, ensuring that the platform is being used to its fullest potential through designing and building applications around our customer’s needs
• You will review and monitor current engineering work, as well as previously constructed applications, to ensure the software is running as smoothly as possible
• Work directly with our internal product teams to ensure that our technology infrastructure is seamlessly and effectively integrated with our third-party software, and conceive and build the necessary applications to make this happen
• Provide support for platform-related issues. Triage and fix issues reported by other teams to help with early resolution

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product and UX to design, implement, and deploy a system that turns business travel from mundane to magical
• Serve as a key member of our Engineering team and contribute to establishing best technical practices. Take us from good to great

Training & development 

AirAsia encourages its employees, which are called Allstars, to have ambitious plans and work with the company to attain their goals. As strong advocates of continuous professional training and development, AirAsia believes in providing the Allstars with the opportunity to develop in order to realize their true potential. Below are the examples of training & development programs given when you work at AirAsia:

• Redbeat Academy (RBA) offers a range of online digital training modules in partnership with Google, for upskilling and reskilling.
• AirAsia 3.0 Digital & Data Transformation
• IATA - Managing Accident Prevention and Investigation
• Human Factors and Safety Investigations (HFASI)
• Certified Information System Security Professional
• Senior Leadership Workshop - Supply Chain, Logistics and Operation Management
• (source:newsroom.airasia.com)

Compensation & benefits

The role of Software Engineer at Air Asia Malaysia earns an annual salary that ranges from MYR 48,000 to MYR 64,800. (source:glassdoor.com)

Then, refer to the official site (mycareer.airasia.com), the benefits you may get include:

• Physical Wellbeing: Be at your best and recover from unexpected circumstances
• Emotional Wellbeing: For your work-life balance and mental health support
• Financial Wellbeing: Helping you be prepared for now and tomorrow, financially.
• Social Wellbeing: A sense of belonging is key - we have platforms to keep you informed and included
• Allstar Specials: If you aren't an Allstar, you aren't getting this!

Career progression

AirAsia doesn't mention career progression for this position. However, since there are senior levels in this position, you may expect to grow your career to a higher level after working or improving your performance for certain periods.  

Work-life balance

In this role, you will be working in the Kuala Lumpur office where its operational hours start at 9 AM and end at 6 PM, from Monday to Friday. Then, there is also a flexible working arrangement to support your work-life balance even better.

Company culture

AirAsia culture is acknowledged by most employees as a humble and fun environment to work in. The company has an interactive and fun office equipped with a fully equipped gym, clinic, physiotherapy, E-sports, pool table, and RedDeck with a mini golf course, futsal, and basketball court. Enjoy yoga, Bootcamp, Zumba, and make many new friends as you embark on a new journey with the Allstars family.

About you

To apply for this role, you need to meet the qualifications below:

• Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• You are great in Data Structure & Algorithms, general aptitude, and problem-solving
• Good academic records
• You have a deep respect for the challenges associated with operating a large-scale system in production, and your designs and implementations reflect that understanding
• You have a great attitude and can adapt to change. You stay calm, and poised and maintain your great sense of humor even in the face of big challenges
• Knowledge of Java/Go/Dart is a plus
• You have a good understanding of building modern single-page applications in Javascript MVC frameworks and UI libraries such as React or Vue. You are all about keeping up with best practices, blogs, and SMEs
• You’ve interfaced with RESTful JSON APIs, Cloud Services (Google or AWS), and GitHub and you are proficient in TDD

How to apply

To apply to this position, simply click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page. We will direct you to AirAsia Malaysia's official link for this vacancy. Make sure you have read all of the requirements mentioned above.