Lead Platform Engineer, Service Mesh

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Service Mesh Platform. In this senior technical leadership role, you will guide architectural strategies, oversee teams, and drive a secure and scalable mesh infrastructure across the microservices architecture.

You should have 6+ years of software engineering experience, deep expertise in service mesh technologies, and proficiency in Go. Join us in creating an inclusive workplace dedicated to individual growth.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in distributed systems.
• Deep expertise with service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy, Linkerd, or equivalent).
• Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the multi-year technical strategy for the service mesh platform.
• Architect and review complex changes to the mesh infrastructure.
• Lead architecture decisions that cross team boundaries.

Skills

Service mesh technologies

Distributed systems

Networking

Platform infrastructure

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud-native infrastructure

DevOps practices

AI tool adoption

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Istio

Envoy

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Grab is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Service Mesh Platform. In this senior technical leadership role, you will guide architectural strategies, oversee teams, and drive a secure and scalable mesh infrastructure across the microservices architecture.

You should have 6+ years of software engineering experience, deep expertise in service mesh technologies, and proficiency in Go. Join us in creating an inclusive workplace dedicated to individual growth.