Senior Software Engineer, Backend

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

FlexWork arrangements

Job summary

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. in Bengaluru seeks a senior backend engineer specializing in Go to design and optimize scalable services. You will work with infra, product, and engineering teams to build robust microservices and lead on-call incident response.

The role emphasizes performance tuning, architecture review, and strong CI/CD practices with Git/Jenkins. Experience with AWS or GCP and database tuning is essential.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree, or an advanced degree.
• Proficiency in Golang with deep understanding of syntax, concurrency and libraries.
• Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL including performance tuning.
• Experience with AWS or GCP and designing scalable microservices.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong practices in TDD, CI/CD using Git, Jenkins and unit testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and write Go code to enhance availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of services.
• Collaborate to develop new architectures for scale and performance and participate in code/design reviews.
• Contribute to capacity planning, performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.
• Work with infrastructure to build/scale backend services and perform root cause analysis.
• On-call debugging of production incidents and provide technical guidance to peers.
• Collaborate with product/business teams to prototype feature specs and ensure site reliability.

Skills

Go

Concurrency

Database optimization

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD

Jenkins

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

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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