Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack (Consumer Experience)

Grab; Jakarta Pusat; Hybrid; IDR 350,000,000 - 750,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

LASA volunteering leave

FlexWork arrangements

Job summary

Grab is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the Consumer Experience (CX) Engineering team in Jakarta.

You will build high-quality systems powering end-to-end consumer journeys in the Grab app, promote AI-driven workflows, and maintain secure, scalable backend and frontend services.

This on-site role offers opportunities to raise engineering standards, mentor teammates, and contribute to Grab's mission to connect consumers with Grab's marketplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, system design.
• Audit AI-generated code for security, correctness, maintainability.
• Proven track record leading AI-driven technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and optimize scalable full-stack services and Go backend systems.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to build secure, high-quality code and lead plans that boost team efficiency.
• Design scalable architectures, manage system performance and capacity, and resolve complex distributed system issues.
• Take end-to-end ownership of product outcomes, drive cross-functional alignment, and manage production incidents during on-call rotations.
• Elevate engineering standards through design/code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Go programming

React (JS/TS)

Distributed systems

AI-driven initiatives

Security auditing of AI code

Team leadership

CS fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / IT / Software Eng

Tools

Go

Java

C++

React

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

Come join the Consumer Experience (CX) Engineering team! We work on a diverse set of consumer problems. These problems span across core experiences that power the UX navigation and transaction funnels, search and discovery of content and services. They also cover the user lifecycle, including user growth, engagement, and loyalty. Additionally, they involve the critical platform mission of mobile application developer experience. We are on an exciting mission to connect consumers to Grab's marketplace by allowing them to discover and engage with Grab's services and partners.

Get to Know the Role

You will build high-quality systems that power end-to-end consumer journeys across the Grab app—from login to the home and activity experiences. You will promote AI-driven delivery, using AI-enabled engineering workflows to take well-defined requirements through planning, testing, debugging, and documentation to a review-ready merge request. You will ensure these workflows produce secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions while helping raise engineering standards across the team. You will report to the Engineering Manager. This is an on-site role based in Jakarta.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Build, operate, and optimize scalable, high-availability fullstack services and Go backend systems.
• Leverage and validate AI-assisted tools to build secure, high-quality code and lead plans that boost team efficiency.
• Design scalable architectures, manage system performance and capacity, and resolve complex distributed system issues.
• Take end-to-end ownership of product outcomes, drive cross-functional alignment, and manage production incidents during on-call rotations.
• Elevate engineering standards through design/code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, IT, or related field
• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Computer Science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, and system design).
• Critical ability to audit AI-generated code for security, correctness, and maintainability.
• Proven track record of leading AI-driven technical initiatives and raising engineering standards across teams.
• Proficiency in Go (or strong expertise in Java, C++, Scala, Rust, Python, Node.js, C# with a willingness to write Go).
• Modern Web Frameworks (React) using JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Distributed systems, large-scale web services, system internals, networking, performance tuning, and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering workflows (Copilot, LLM coding tools) to plan, write, test, and debug code.

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.