Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Grab; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; 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 hours

Job summary

Grab is seeking an experienced backend engineer in Bengaluru to design and optimize Go services, scale architectures, and improve system reliability. You will partner with infra and product teams to prototype features, tune performance, and participate in on-call incident resolution.

The role requires strong Golang skills, deep knowledge of databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), plus IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required.
• 7+ years of relevant experience and strong Golang proficiency.
• Experience with MySQL/PostgreSQL, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and IaC tools.
• Strong CI/CD mindset and testing discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and write Go code to improve availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering to develop architectures for scale and performance.
• Contribute to capacity planning, performance analysis, and tuning.
• Work with infrastructure to build and scale backend services and perform root cause analysis.
• Debug production incidents during on-call shifts and mentor peers.
• Collaborate with product teams to define features and ensure site reliability.

Skills

Golang

Code optimization

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

GCP

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git

Jenkins

Job description

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.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform:

• Design and write Go code to enhance the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of services.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to develop new architectures aimed at scale and performance, and participate in code and design reviews to uphold.
• Contribute to service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.
• Work closely with the infrastructure team to build and scale backend services, and perform root cause analysis during investigations.
• Proactively debug and resolve production incidents during on-call shifts, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to define and prototype feature specifications, while ensuring site reliability

The Essential Skills You Will Need:

• At least 7 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree, or an advanced degree.
• Proficiency in Golang, with a deep understanding of its syntax, semantics, standard libraries, concurrency features, and experience in optimizing applications.
• Experience with RDBMS technologies like MySQL and PostgreSQL, including expertise in database performance, query tuning, and reliability.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, with knowledge in designing scalable, internet-scale microservices. Relevant certifications are a plus.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, along with experience in automating infrastructure.
• Strong skills in development practices such as TDD, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery, utilizing tools like GIT, Jenkins, and unit testing frameworks.

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.

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