Be part of our growing Ipoh hub (launched in 2024) as we expand our engineering team to support business growth.
This = the job
Are you passionate about building great software and even more passionate about building great engineers?
As a Development Manager, you will lead multiple Agile software development teams responsible for delivering high-quality SaaS solutions. Beyond delivery, you will play a critical role in growing our engineering capability, developing teams, and strengthening our technology presence in Malaysia
This role requires someone who combines strong people leadership with solid software engineering foundations. While you are not expected to code daily, you should possess sufficient technical depth to guide engineering discussions, evaluate trade-offs, and earn the trust and respect of software and quality engineers.
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Lead and Grow High-Performing Teams
- Lead and inspire multiple multidisciplinary software engineering teams.
- Drive performance, career development and employee growth through regular coaching and feedback.
- Mentor engineers and emerging leaders, building a strong leadership pipeline.
- Partner in attracting, hiring, onboarding and retaining top engineering talent.
- Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture aligned with our values.
Strengthen Engineering Excellence
- Provide technical leadership and guidance across teams.
- Champion engineering best practices, including clean code, automated testing, CI/CD and DevOps.
- Facilitate technical discussions, challenge assumptions and drive sound engineering decisions.
- Contribute to architecture discussions and long-term technology direction.
Drive Delivery Excellence
- Partner closely with Product Management and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Proactively manage risks, dependencies and delivery commitments.
- Balance feature delivery, product quality and technical debt.
- Drive accountability and ownership for team outcomes.
Build Organizational Capability
- Continuously improve engineering processes, team effectiveness and ways of working.
- Support the growth and scalability of our engineering organisation in Malaysia.
- Create an environment where engineers can do their best work and grow their careers.
- Lead and grow multiple multidisciplinary software development teams
- Drive product development, sprint execution, releases, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Europe and Malaysia to deliver high-impact solutions
- Own team performance, hiring, engagement, and capability development
- Ensure software quality across development, integration, testing, and performance
- Define and implement effective engineering processes, standards, and best practices
- Contribute to technical vision, architecture decisions, and long-term strategy
- Drive innovation and ensure alignment with business and technology goals
- This role is fully based in Ipoh
This = what you bring
People Management
- Minimum 3 years' experience leading software engineering teams in a direct people management capacity.
- Proven experience managing multiple teams and/or leading engineering managers or team leads.
- Demonstrated success coaching, mentoring and developing engineers and future leaders.
- Experience managing performance, career development and complex people-related matters with professionalism, empathy and sound judgement.
- Strong ability to build trust, engagement and high-performing team cultures.
Technical Foundation
- 10+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex enterprise software products or SaaS solutions.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, API development, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with Microsoft technologies including .NET, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server and Azure, alongside modern web application development, is highly preferred. Candidates from other enterprise technology environments with strong engineering leadership experience are also encouraged to apply.
- Ability to engage credibly with engineers, evaluate technical trade-offs and support sound technology decisions.
Delivery Leadership
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and Scrum practices.
- Proven experience leading complex software delivery programmes and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to balance business priorities, technical excellence and team sustainability.
This = what you get:
- Work Hard, Play Hard: We believe in balancing personal and professional commitments.
- New Office in Ipoh: Join us as we expand our team to other states. Leaders interested in being based in Ipoh, do apply!
- Hybrid Working Model: Enjoy a good work-life balance with flexible working hours.
- Global Collaboration: Work with a dynamic global team, including colleagues from our headquarters in the Netherlands.
- Flexible Benefits: Health screening, dental, optical allowance, and more.
- Wellbeing Allowance: Improve your quality of life with our wellbeing allowance.
- Insurance Coverage: Comprehensive insurance coverage for peace of mind.
- Incremental EPF Contribution: Benefit from increased employer EPF contributions.
- Continuous Learning: Enroll in physical/virtual training at your pace for career growth.
- Unlimited Learning Access: Access LinkedIn Learning and our company learning platform.
- Agile Exposure: Experience Agile Software Development Methodology - SCRUM.
- Modern Practices: Engage in software engineering using modern best practices.
- Challenging Work: Take on impactful work that brings value to customers.
- Multicultural Environment: Thrive in a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Please note that this position is open to candidates who are currently residing in Malaysia and authorized to work here. At this time, we are unable to support international relocation or visa sponsorship.
Exact develops cloud software for small and medium-sized companies and their accountants. The products automate business processes in areas such as Finance and HR and provide specific ERP solutions for wholesale distribution, manufacturing, projects and construction. This saves time and provides insight. It enables customers to work efficiently, make informed decisions and continue growing. More than 675,000 companies primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany already rely on Exact's software.
Exact was founded in 1984 in Delft, the Netherlands, which is still the location of our head office. Every day, more than 2,000 ambitious professionals work on innovation. Driving responsible business, with respect for each other, the environment and society is central to this. For more information, visit www.exact.com.
