Software Engineer (Frontend)

ROLE OVERVIEW

The ASEAN AI Innovation Centre is the overseas R&D hub of our AI Business Group, localizing mature AI products from China and building new AI products for Malaysia and broader ASEAN markets, with a focus on energy and education.

We are hiring a Frontend Engineer to turn designs into the product our customers actually touch. You will work within the architecture and conventions defined by our two Senior Software Engineers, implementing production-grade web interfaces from the Product UI Engineer’s designs, prototypes, and design system for AI+Energy and AI+Education products.

Our Product UI Engineer owns design and AI-assisted prototyping but explicitly does not own production frontend code — that is your ground. You take design intent, prototype drafts, and AI-generated frontend code, and turn them into interfaces that are fast, consistent, accessible, and maintainable.

This is an AI-first engineering team: we use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, and similar) daily, and part of your job is supervising and reviewing the output of AI coding agents — not just writing every line yourself. You should be comfortable making AI tools part of how you work, and curious about how this changes software engineering. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role — you build and ship the code yourself.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Production UI Development: Implement production-grade web UI from the Product UI Engineer’s designs, prototypes, and design system: dashboards, data-heavy pages, AI chat interfaces, admin views, and workflow tools.

• Component Library: Build and maintain the reusable component library that implements the design system; keep UI consistent across products.

• Responsiveness & Quality of Experience: Own responsive layouts, accessibility, loading/empty/error states, and interface performance for enterprise users.

• AI-Assisted Development: Use AI coding tools daily. Review and productionize AI-generated frontend drafts against design specs and team standards.

• Quality & Maintainability: Write component and integration tests, participate in code reviews, and keep the frontend codebase healthy as humans and AI agents work in it concurrently.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Product UI Engineer on design handoff, the Product Manager on requirements, and backend engineers on API contracts.

WHAT YOU MUST BRING

• 3+ years of hands-on frontend engineering experience shipping real products.

• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript; production experience with React or Vue; component-based UI architecture.

• Experience implementing design systems and collaborating closely with designers.

• Practical use of AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, v0, or similar) in your own workflow, or strong willingness to adopt them as your daily driver.

• Good testing habits and a code-review mindset — quality matters more when AI generates part of the code.

• Clear communication skills in English.

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN HERE

• AI-native development workflows: design-to-code pipelines, AI-generated frontend review gates, and multi-agent coding practices.

• How enterprise AI products are localized for ASEAN users, from design language to interface behavior.

• A clear growth path toward senior engineering under two experienced architecture-track mentors.

LANGUAGE

Proficiency in English is essential. Proficiency in (Mandarin) is strongly preferred. Malay is a plus for on-site work and local coordination.

"We are looking for Mandarin-speaking candidates who will be serving Mandarin-speaking customers."

WHY JOIN US

• Founding team opportunity: join a brand-new AI R&D centre in its first year and shape how it builds software.

• AI-first team culture: every team member uses AI tools daily; you will work alongside AI coding agents, not just other engineers.

• Work with frontier AI models on real industry problems in energy and education across Southeast Asia.

• 3-year strategic incubation: no short-term revenue pressure. Focus on building the right products and the right skills.

TEAM CONTEXT

In Year 1 the Centre is a compact full-time team of 15. You will report to the two Senior Software Engineers (platform and integration tracks) and work daily with the AI-Native Product Manager, the Product UI Engineer, the delivery team, and AI coding agents. Engineering interns will work alongside you on evaluation and internal tooling.