Lead Software Engineer, Managed Kubernetes Platform

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

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace

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.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

Managed EKS is building our next‑gen compute platform for all engineers in Grab. You will be reporting to Software Engineering Manager II. The team has been hard at work and has driven successful migration of a significant portion of our legacy workloads onto our new platform. We aim to bring joy, delight and excellence into the daily work of Grab engineers.

Get to Know the Role

We are seeking a experienced and enthusiastic Lead Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will design, build, and maintain our service mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure that forms the backbone of our microservice architecture. You must have extensive experience in managing service‑to‑service communication, data plane, and control plane and have hands‑on experience in managing k8s workloads.

This role is onsite based in our Petaling Jaya, Malaysia office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Architect, deploy, and manage istio mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure
• You’ll work closely with development teams to understand and cater to their needs in architecture.
• You’ll implement and manage service discovery, load‑balancing, traffic management, and observability within the service mesh.
• You’ll implement and manage workload deployment, scheduling within AWS EKS.
• You’ll respond promptly to service interruptions and assist in capacity planning and performance tuning.
• You’ll monitor service operations to detect and troubleshoot potential issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our DevOps practices.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in managing microservices architecture.
• Familiar with network protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, and gRPC.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools, infrastructure as code etc.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, or Python.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like istio, linkerd, consul etc
• Familiarity with k8s management like AWS EKS, GKE
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with cloud-native stack and cloud-based environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).

Additional Information

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 provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.