Lead Platform Engineer — Kubernetes & Service Mesh

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading superapp company in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, is seeking a Lead Engineer to manage service mesh and k8s infrastructure. You will design, build, and maintain the core backbone of our microservice architecture, working closely with development teams to enhance architecture. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in managing microservices and infrastructure. Grab offers excellent global benefits to support your well-being and flexibility in the workplace.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits package

Parental and Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in managing microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like istio, linkerd, consule.
• Hands-on experience in managing k8s workloads.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage istio mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure.
• Implement and manage service discovery, load-balancing, and observability.
• Respond promptly to service interruptions and assist in capacity planning.

Skills

Managing microservices architecture

Network protocols (HTTP, TCP/IP, gRPC)

DevOps practices

CI/CD tools

Programming languages (Go, Java, Python)

Service mesh technologies (istio, linkerd, consul)

K8s management (AWS EKS, GKE)

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Cloud-native stack

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

A leading superapp company in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, is seeking a Lead Engineer to manage service mesh and k8s infrastructure. You will design, build, and maintain the core backbone of our microservice architecture, working closely with development teams to enhance architecture. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in managing microservices and infrastructure. Grab offers excellent global benefits to support your well-being and flexibility in the workplace.