Senior Backend Engineer – Microservices & Cloud

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork hours

Job summary

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. in Selangor, Malaysia is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our rider/merchant platform team in Petaling Jaya.

You will develop and operate backend services, own end-to-end system design, and collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver robust solutions. We value engineers who can design scalable microservices, work with RESTful APIs, databases like MySQL, and deploy on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, while following best practices in Git, testing, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in Go, Scala, Java or C++.
• Experience building microservices and distributed systems with RESTful APIs and messaging queues.
• Experience with relational databases, especially MySQL.
• Knowledge of software development best practices: Git, unit testing, and CI/CD.
• Experience deploying code in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Frontend basics with HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End System Ownership: design, build, and operate high-quality software systems.
• Architectural & Operational Excellence: apply advanced patterns, ensure deployment health.
• Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: collaborate with technical and non-technical teams across product lifecycle.
• Process Optimization: improve team workflows and engineering processes.
• Mentorship & Team Growth: mentor juniors and foster continuous learning.

Skills

Go

Scala

Java

C++

Microservices architecture

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Message queuing systems

MySQL

Git

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

MySQL

Job description

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. in Selangor, Malaysia is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our rider/merchant platform team in Petaling Jaya.

You will develop and operate backend services, own end-to-end system design, and collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver robust solutions. We value engineers who can design scalable microservices, work with RESTful APIs, databases like MySQL, and deploy on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, while following best practices in Git, testing, and