Job Title: Principal Engineer

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 a Principal Engineer – Platform, you will drive the architectural strategy, scalability, and resilience of MOVE’s backend services. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design distributed systems, evolve our microservices infrastructure, and mentor senior engineers across backend squads. Your work will directly impact millions of users as we scale regionally.

Core Competence

• Deep coding, system design, and architecture expertise.