Principal Software Engineer (Team Lead)

Emerson Automation
George Town
MYR 150,000 - 200,000
Job description

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

  • Lead and manage a growing team of engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.
  • Act as a Project Manager (PM) and Scrum Master, ensuring commitments are delivered on time and within scope.
  • Serve as the Engineering Manager (EM), overseeing team performance and career development.
  • Serve internal clients with testing infrastructure throughout their Software Development Life Cycle.
  • Implement and follow best practices for DevOps operations.
  • Work and interact with colleagues from other divisions such as R&D, manufacturing, or other business groups with global teams (e.g. USA, India).
  • Note this is primarily an on-site role but with some flexibility to work from home 1-2 days per week.

Who You Are:

A strong leader to provide direction to the team and staff. Foster a collaborative and positive work environment, ensure clear communication, and provide coaching and development opportunities.

For This Role, You Will Need:

  • B.S. or M.S. in computer science, and/or computer engineering, and/or electrical engineering.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant field.
  • 2+ years' experience as a hands-on Technical Lead. Experienced in code reviews.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, capable of inspiring and motivating team members.
  • Proficient in programming with a solid grasp of data structures and object-oriented principles.
  • Strong proficiency in Python.
  • Experience in full-stack web development.
  • Familiarity with Git and other version control systems.
  • Experience with computer architecture and operating systems (Linux, Windows).
  • Deep understanding of virtualization technologies (e.g. Proxmox).
  • Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
  • Familiarity with system level hardware testing (e.g. functional, stress, compatibility, benchmarking, calibration, etc.).
  • Excellent communication skills in English, including technical communications.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

  • Experience with automated testing.
  • Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Rancher).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Ansible, Salt).
  • Knowledge of Azure DevOps and pipelines.
  • Understanding of networking concepts (e.g., VLAN, DHCP, DNS) and network debugging.
  • Familiarity with electronic engineering concepts.
  • Experience with cloud technologies (e.g. AWS).

Our Offer To You:

By joining us, you will be given the opportunity to make a difference through the work you do.

Our compensation and benefits programs are designed to be competitive within the industry and local markets. We also offer a comprehensive medical and insurance coverage to meet the needs of our employees.

We have established our Remote Work Policy for eligible roles to promote Work-Life Balance through a hybrid work set up where our team members can take advantage of working both from home and at the office.

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