Director of Engineering needed in Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Director of Engineering

Company: WORKHUB AGENCY

Job Location: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Type: FULL_TIME - (ON_SITE)

Job Salary: 0 USD per month.

Date Posted: April 05, 2025

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Job Description

Teleport is looking for a Director of Engineering to define the technology roadmap and drive on-time delivery in collaboration with the product team. This role requires strong leadership to motivate and scale the engineering team while ensuring alignment with short- and long-term technology goals. The ideal candidate should also have experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, QA automation, release management, and leveraging AI for engineering productivity.Responsibilities: Define and execute the technology roadmap in alignment with business objectives.Work closely with product teams to ensure on-time delivery and improve engineering efficiency.Lead and mentor a team of 35-50 engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation. Define and track OKRs for the engineering team to drive measurable impact.Collaborate with architects to design and implement next-generation scalable and cloud-native architecture.Implement DevOps best practices, ensuring high availability, scalability, and efficient CI/CD pipelines.Ensure adherence to observability best practices and monitor system performance effectively.Set up and lead a QA automation team, ensuring end-to-end test automation and release stability.Define and enforce release best practices to ensure smooth and risk-free deployments.Leverage AI-driven tools and automation to enhance developer productivity and optimize workflows.Stay hands-on with critical system components, providing technical leadership when needed. 12+ years of experience in backend development, cloud-native architecture, and large-scale distributed systems.Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MongoDB, Cassandra.Exposure to Python (good to have).Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native services.Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.Proven ability to set up and scale a QA automation team with modern testing frameworks.Experience in release management, ensuring smooth and risk-free software rollouts.Ability to identify AI-driven automation opportunities to enhance engineering productivity.Proven experience in leading mid-to-large engineering teams (35-50 members).Strong strategic mindset to plan and execute both short-term and long-term technology goals.Preferred Qualification: Experience in the logistics or e-commerce domain is a plus.Strong problem-solving mindset with a data-driven decision-making approach.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.If you're passionate about building scalable systems, defining OKRs, driving AI-powered engineering productivity, and leading high-performing teams, we’d love to hear from you!

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