Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Business Platform

Grab; Jakarta Selatan; On-site; IDR 300.000.000 - 400.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading superapp company in Jakarta Selatan is seeking experienced Engineers to design and operate high-quality backend services. You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and mentor junior engineers. Successful candidates will have at least 6 years of experience, strong skills in Python and Go, and a deep understanding of backend technologies, including microservices and cloud platforms. The company offers comprehensive benefits and promotes an inclusive workplace for all employees.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible benefits package (GrabFlex)

Parental and Birthday leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional programming experience.
• Strong expertise in Python and Go.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms.
• Experience with backend technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate software systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive team growth.

Skills

Python

Go

Microservices

Databases

RESTful API design

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Version control (Git)

Generative AI

Job description

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

The Business Platform team at Grab focuses on empowering a diverse range of Southeast Asian merchants—from local street stalls to international franchises—by providing them with professional tools via the GrabMerchant Super App and Portal. By leveraging data from billions of monthly transactions, the team delivers insights and innovative features that enhance efficiency and customer engagement, effectively leveling the playing field for smaller businesses. Operating as a distributed team across Indonesia and Singapore, they prioritize stability and quality to directly impact merchant profitability and ensure that business owners can focus on their core operations.

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.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• End-to-End System Ownership: Independently designs, builds, and operates high-quality software systems, ensuring they are secure, reliable, maintainable, and rigorously tested.

• Architectural & Operational Excellence: Applies advanced architectural patterns and infrastructure best practices, while maintaining accountability for post-deployment monitoring and system health.
• Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, actively contributing to the entire product lifecycle from initial design to final rollout.
• Process Optimization: Proactively identifies and implements improvements to team workflows and engineering processes to enhance overall efficiency and delivery.
• Mentorship & Team Growth: Acts as a senior leader by mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the team.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 6+ years of professional programming experience, with strong expertise in Python and Go
• Proven experience with backend technologies including microservices, databases, caching, and message queues
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and implementation
• Strong system design skills for ensuring code quality and scalability
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git)
• Passion for staying current with emerging technologies and trends in backend development
• Experience with generative AI, AI Agent frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph, Familiarity with RAG pipelines and vector databases

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.