Lead Platform Engineer - Istio & Kubernetes Mesh

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Grabber Assistance Programme

Parental and Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Job summary

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is looking for a Lead Engineer to design, build, and maintain their service mesh and Kubernetes infrastructure in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. This role requires managing microservice architectures and ensuring seamless service-to-service communication.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related fields, with over 5 years of experience in microservices and strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Java, or Python. Grab offers a suite of benefits focusing on well-being and flexibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in managing microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like istio, linkerd, consul.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage istio mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure.
• Work closely with development teams to understand their needs.
• Monitor service operations to detect and troubleshoot potential issues.

Skills

Managing microservices architecture

Network protocols (HTTP, TCP/IP, gRPC)

DevOps practices and CI/CD tools

Programming languages (Go, Java, Python)

Service mesh technologies (istio, linkerd, consul)

Kubernetes management (AWS EKS, GKE)

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Cloud-native stack and cloud environments

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is looking for a Lead Engineer to design, build, and maintain their service mesh and Kubernetes infrastructure in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. This role requires managing microservice architectures and ensuring seamless service-to-service communication.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related fields, with over 5 years of experience in microservices and strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Java, or Python. Grab offers a suite of benefits focusing on well-being and flexibility.