Senior Backend Engineer — Build Scalable Systems for SE Asia

Grab; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 300,000,000 - 550,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join its Jakarta office. You will design backend components, build distributed systems, and work with Go, SQL/NoSQL, Redis, and Kafka to deliver scalable services for millions of users in Southeast Asia.

Reporting to the engineering manager, you will collaborate with product and other teams, participate in code reviews, and contribute to on-call rotations, DevOps support, and knowledge sharing across the Tech Family.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering with CS/IT focus preferred.
• At least 4+ years of relevant backend experience.
• Proficient in Go and fundamentals of CS (data structures, algorithms).
• Experience building distributed backend systems with DBMS (SQL/NoSQL) and caches (Redis).
• Experience with Kubernetes and Kafka is a plus.
• Good written and spoken English; proactive and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design backend components and APIs for scalable services.
• Collaborate with product, business, and other engineering teams to solve user issues.
• Ensure high quality, maintainable, and bug-free code.
• Participate in technical and product reviews and code reviews.
• Support on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
• Assist DevOps/Infra teams in service scope and deployment.
• Provide guidance and knowledge sharing to peers.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

SQL

NoSQL

Redis

Kubernetes

Kafka

English

Agile

Education

Engineering – CS/IT

Job description

Grab is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join its Jakarta office. You will design backend components, build distributed systems, and work with Go, SQL/NoSQL, Redis, and Kafka to deliver scalable services for millions of users in Southeast Asia.

Reporting to the engineering manager, you will collaborate with product and other teams, participate in code reviews, and contribute to on-call rotations, DevOps support, and knowledge sharing across the Tech Family.