Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Grab; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 390,000,000 - 740,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Job summary

Grab is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and deliver scalable systems powering payments and other financial services in Southeast Asia. You will own complex problems end-to-end, drive high-quality execution, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The role is based in Jakarta and reports to the Engineering Manager. You will work with cross-functional teams to build reliable platforms used by millions of users and merchants across the region.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with backend development experience in production environments.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Go, and have computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed backend systems at scale.
• Solid experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems such as Redis, and asynchronous or event-driven architectures.
• Debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills.
• Proficiency in communicating in English
• You work in Agile environments and collaborate well across departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of scalable backend services and platform components.
• Translate product requirements into technical solutions and guide design discussions.
• Ensure high-quality code through testing standards, performance, observability, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product, business, mobile, web, data, and infrastructure teams to solve end-to-end challenges.
• Improve service reliability via monitoring, health fixes, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Participate in on-call rotation and own production incidents.
• Mentor engineers through coaching, reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive improvements in engineering processes and system health.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Backend development

SQL/NoSQL

English communication

Agile environments

Education

Computer Science degree

Job description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

At Financial Services, the Payment team builds end-to-end payment experiences and platforms that help merchants accept payments and grow across Southeast Asia. We empower frictionless checkouts with configurable, developer-friendly capabilities—so partners can embed payments and iterate quickly. From QR payments to lending repayments and in-person acceptance flows, we work across multiple payment journeys to deliver reliable user and merchant outcomes.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for a experienced and passionate backend engineer to join our Tech Family. You will develop scalable backend systems that power products used by millions of people across Southeast Asia. You will be expected to take ownership of complex technical problems end to end, drive high-quality execution, and raise the engineering bar through strong technical judgment, collaboration, and mentorship. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be based in our Jakarta Office

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Lead the design, and operation of scalable, maintainable, and reliable backend services and platform components.
• Convert product and requirements into technical solutions while driving design discussions and architectural trade-offs.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality code by maintaining standards in testing, performance, observability, and rigorous code reviews.
• Partner with product, business, mobile, web, data, and infrastructure teams to solve end-to-end-user and system challenges.
• Improve service reliability through monitoring, proactive system health fixes, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation and take active ownership during production incidents.
• Guide engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and guide ongoing improvements in engineering processes, developer productivity, and overall system health.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with backend development experience in production environments.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Go, and have computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed backend systems at scale.
• Solid experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems such as Redis, and asynchronous or event-driven architectures.
• Debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills.
• Proficiency in communicating in English
• You work in Agile environments and collaborate well across departments.

Additional Information

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For At Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.