Lead Software Engineer Security Engineering

PLT Engineering; Selangor; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to join their Security Engineering Team in Selangor, Malaysia. This on-site role focuses on ensuring infrastructure security for one of the largest cloud deployments in the region. You will lead complex projects, implement secure coding practices, and improve security automation solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in cloud engineering, system design, and is adept at using various security tools. Join a dedicated team making a significant impact on infrastructure security.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cloud engineering and infrastructure security.
• Expertise in system design and architectural principles.
• Experience with security tools and automation in software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure and reliable code and infrastructure.
• Lead complex projects independently, including technical designs and coding practices.
• Improve and operate security tools and solutions.

Skills

Cloud engineering

System design and architecture

Infrastructure automation

Integration

Development skills

Tools

EDR

CNAPP

Vulnerability scanners

Job description

Get to know the team

As an engineer at Grab, you are at the core of our mission and spirit. Our passion shines through the work we do, driving a meaningful impact on millions of lives every day. We take pride in building exceptional services and tools that support millions of passengers, driver-partners, and colleagues across the organization.

You will join a team dedicated to ensuring the security of our code and infrastructure, a responsibility that spans one of the largest deployments in the region.

Get to know the role

We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join our Security Engineering Team. You will be reporting to Senior Engineering Manager, Devsecops. We believe a successful candidate has cloud engineering, system design and architecture, infrastructure automation, integration, and development skills, but if you believe you have what it takes then we'd love to hear from you either way. This role is required because we are expanding our regional infrastructure security capabilities. In return, you will work with a great team working on complex architectures and managing cloud security of one of the largest cloud deployments in the region.

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

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will design, implement, and maintain secure and reliable code and infrastructure for Grab Services
• You will lead complex projects independently, including technical designs, coding practices, and non-functional requirements
• You will improve and operate security tools such as EDR, CNAPP, and vulnerability scanners
• You will develop security automation solutions and integrate security into SDLC and CI/CD pipelines
• You will monitor and improve Security Engineering KPIs while meeting internal and external SLAs
• You will participate in on-call rotation for infrastructure support and incident management