Lead AI Agent Engineer — Autonomous Systems & LLMs

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

Flexible hours

Job summary

Grab is seeking an AI Agent Developer/Engineer to lead the development of autonomous systems that perceive environments, make decisions, and execute workflows with minimal human input. You will specialize in LLMs, prompt engineering, and RAG to build intelligent agents for corporate use at Grab.

You will report to the Principal Enterprise Architect - Automation and Integration, and work onsite at the Petaling Jaya office in Malaysia with a focus on driving engineering excellence and scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in software engineering.
• 5+ years designing and building scalable systems.
• Experience leading engineering teams and establishing engineering standards.
• Proficient in Python and API design; strong knowledge of LLMs and AI/ML concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop Autonomous Agents capable of planning, reasoning, and independent goal achievement.
• Integrate AI agents with external APIs, databases, and tools for real-world actions.
• Fine-tune models, improve prompt engineering, and enhance RAG architectures.
• Build frameworks to evaluate agent performance, reliability, and safety.
• Maintain guardrails and governance for automated workflows.

Skills

Python

LLMs

API design

Backend systems

System architecture

Leadership

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT

Equivalent experience

Tools

Databases

Microservices

System design

Cloud platforms

Job description

Grab is seeking an AI Agent Developer/Engineer to lead the development of autonomous systems that perceive environments, make decisions, and execute workflows with minimal human input. You will specialize in LLMs, prompt engineering, and RAG to build intelligent agents for corporate use at Grab.

You will report to the Principal Enterprise Architect - Automation and Integration, and work onsite at the Petaling Jaya office in Malaysia with a focus on driving engineering excellence and scalable