Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Business Platform

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; IDR 504.540.000 - 840.902.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Southeast Asia is looking for talented backend engineers to work on various services and directly engage with end-users to solve real problems. Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience with backend programming languages such as Go, Scala, Java, or C++. Familiarity with frontend technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is also necessary. The role offers a supportive environment with comprehensive benefits and a strong commitment to inclusivity.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible benefits package (GrabFlex)

Parental and Birthday leave

Volunteering leave (Love-all-Serve-all)

Confidential Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a backend language like Go, Scala, Java or C++.
• Experience building front-end applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with relational databases like MySQL.
• Knowledge of software development best practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience deploying code in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Work on multiple backend services and participate in merchant immersions.
• Identify challenges faced by end-users and propose solutions.
• Contribute to building user interfaces and enhancing user experience.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend languages (Go, Scala, Java, C++)

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Microservices architecture

RESTful APIs

Relational databases (MySQL)

Version control (Git)

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

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.

Get to Know the Team

At Business Platform, our goal is to make merchants happy, and help them thrive in their business. We support all merchants, between tiny merchants (like a warung or hawker) and big, international franchises. Merchants have a lot of different businesses: restaurants, supermarkets, fashion, online stores, people who sell on social media, and many more. We level the playing field between tiny merchants and big merchants by giving them the same tools to grow their business, to attract customers, to become more efficient and be able to concentrate on what they do best inside one GrabMerchant Super App and Portal. If you go to a restaurant, chances are high you have seen some of the products of our team already.

Get to Know the Role

We are seeking talented & passionate engineers to join our team, you will have opportunities to work on multiple backend services as well as participating in merchant immersions, talking directly to the end-users, identifying their challenges and how we can help them in their work life. It is very important that our team members to identify problems, and have the right mindset and skill sets to solve them.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• You need to have solid software engineering and coding skills. Specifically, we're looking for someone with at least 5 years of experience in a backend language like Go, Scala, Java or C++.
• You should help build front-end applications. This means you need to be comfortable working with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Your skills in these areas will directly contribute to the enhancement of our user interfaces.
• You understand building microservices architecture and a good grasp of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and message queuing systems. Your knowledge in these areas will develop our back-end services.
• Experience with relational databases, such as MySQL, is important. You'll work with databases so familiarity with how they work and how to work with them is important.
• You have knowledge of software development best practices. This includes version control (specifically Git), unit testing, and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• You should have experience deploying code in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments

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 enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.