--- title: 'Tech & AI jobs in Malaysia' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/location/malaysia' type: 'location' --- # Tech & AI jobs in Malaysia > Malaysia's tech scene is centered on Kuala Lumpur and the Cyberjaya tech corridor, with a government push to build a digital economy hub between Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia. E-commerce and fintech lead. The roles skew e-commerce, fintech, and enterprise services. - **Open roles:** 510 - **Hiring companies:** 65 - **Region type:** country - **Timezone:** Asia/Kuala_Lumpur - **Population:** 34,300,000 - **Cost of living:** well below the US average, a rising Southeast Asian tech hub. - **Climate:** Tropical, hot and humid year-round with frequent rain and no real dry season. - **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/malaysia ## Cities in Malaysia - [Kuala Lumpur](https://feeny.ai/location/malaysia/kuala-lumpur) — 231 jobs ## Top companies hiring in Malaysia - [Tarro](https://feeny.ai/companies/tarro) — 16 open roles - [Gen Digital Inc.](https://feeny.ai/companies/gen-digital-inc) — 31 open roles - [Bjak ](https://feeny.ai/companies/bjak) — 103 open roles - [Axi](https://feeny.ai/companies/axi) — 11 open roles - [Encora](https://feeny.ai/companies/encora) — 36 open roles - [STACK Infrastructure APAC](https://feeny.ai/companies/stack-infrastructure-apac) — 10 open roles - [AvePoint](https://feeny.ai/companies/avepoint) — 38 open roles - [Monks](https://feeny.ai/companies/monks) — 18 open roles - [VML](https://feeny.ai/companies/vml) — 22 open roles - [Capco](https://feeny.ai/companies/capco) — 20 open roles - [WPP Media](https://feeny.ai/companies/wpp-media) — 27 open roles - [Hyphen Connect Limited](https://feeny.ai/companies/hyphen-connect-limited) — 16 open roles ## Top Universities **Where Malaysia's tech talent studies** The University of Malaya anchors the country's talent, with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Multimedia University (which produced Razer's Tan Min-Liang) feeding the engineering and startup scene. - **University of Malaya** (Kuala Lumpur · 15,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Mahathir Mohamad - **Universiti Sains Malaysia** (George Town · 18,000 undergrads) - **Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia** (Bangi · 17,000 undergrads) - **Universiti Teknologi Malaysia** (Johor Bahru · 15,000 undergrads) - **Multimedia University** (Cyberjaya · 18,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Tan Min-Liang ## Top Unicorns **Unicorn startups in Malaysia** Malaysia's private unicorn bench is thin, led by the used-car platform Carsome and the drone-analytics company Aerodyne. A smaller roster, reflecting a market that often sits in the shadow of neighboring Singapore's startup hub. - **Carsome** — $1.7B · Integrated used-car e-commerce platform - **Aerodyne** — $1B · Drone-based enterprise data & analytics solutions ## FAQ **Tech jobs in Malaysia: common questions** ### How many tech jobs are open in Malaysia right now? Feeny is tracking about 510 open tech roles in Malaysia, from roughly 65 companies hiring. Each listing is pulled from a company's own careers page, so a role here is one they're actively filling. Most of it runs through Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding tech corridor. Filter by discipline to focus the set. ### Which cities in Malaysia have the most tech jobs? Kuala Lumpur and the nearby Cyberjaya tech corridor center the market. The capital region holds the clear majority of the country's tech roles, backed by a government push to build a digital-economy hub between Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia. Other areas have some activity, but the KL corridor is where the work concentrates. Across the 1 we index, that corridor is the story. ### What companies are hiring for tech roles in Malaysia? The strongest sectors are e-commerce and fintech, which lead hiring across the market. Much of it is tied to Malaysia's position as a growing digital-economy hub, with regional platforms and enterprise services staffing up. That gives the market a practical, business-facing tilt rather than a frontier-research one. Feeny lists roles from about 65 companies, so the live openings are worth checking directly. ### What kinds of tech roles are common in Malaysia? E-commerce engineering leads, driven by regional platforms serving Southeast Asian consumers. Fintech is the second big category, riding the same digital-economy push the government has been backing. Enterprise services fill out much of the rest, since a lot of firms run regional operations out of Kuala Lumpur. The common thread is applied, business-oriented software rather than deep specialization. ### What is it like to work in tech in Malaysia? Kuala Lumpur pairs a reasonable cost of living with a widely English-speaking workplace, which makes it an unusually smooth landing for foreign engineers. The scene skews toward e-commerce, fintech, and enterprise work rather than frontier tech, so expectations should match that. The government's digital-economy push gives the market a sense of momentum. The honest trade is a friendly, affordable base against a narrower set of specialized roles. ### Can international candidates get a work visa to work in tech in Malaysia? The standard route is the Employment Pass, an employer-sponsored permit tied to a specific job. Malaysia actively markets itself to foreign tech workers, through MSC status for companies and the DE Rantau nomad pass for remote professionals. English is widely used in the workplace, which meaningfully lowers the barrier compared to much of the region. For skilled foreigners, this is one of the more approachable Southeast Asian markets to relocate into. --- _Source: https://feeny.ai/location/malaysia_