Lead Software Engineer — Platform & Architecture Leader

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork hours

Job summary

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp, delivering joy through technology and AI. You will report to our Senior Software Engineering Manager and be based onsite in our Petaling Jaya office, joining a team focused on secure, reliable, and scalable systems.

You will contribute across design, implementation, and operations, mentoring juniors and driving architectural excellence while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-impact features for millions of users and partners daily.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with Python, Go, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Ability to write extensible code and apply SOLID principles.
• Strong CS fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience with React.js and web frontend/backend development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deliver, and operate your team's software systems autonomously.
• Ensure secure, reliable, maintainable, and well-tested architectures.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team roadmap.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across projects.

Skills

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

SOLID principles

Full-stack

React.js

Mentoring

Algorithms & DS

Architectural patterns

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Job description

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp, delivering joy through technology and AI. You will report to our Senior Software Engineering Manager and be based onsite in our Petaling Jaya office, joining a team focused on secure, reliable, and scalable systems.

You will contribute across design, implementation, and operations, mentoring juniors and driving architectural excellence while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-impact features for millions of users and partners daily.