Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Southeast Asian superapp is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to enhance cloud engineering initiatives. You will design automation frameworks and oversee CI/CD pipeline management while mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cloud and DevOps roles with expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP. This role emphasizes stakeholder collaboration and impactful engineering solutions.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Parental and Birthday leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
• Proficient in deploying public cloud services.
• Strong Unix/Linux skills including scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation frameworks for cloud operations.
• Architect, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage and scale large deployments in cloud platforms.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Engineering

Platform Engineering

Unix/Linux skills

Scripting

Microservices

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

GitLab

Jenkins

Spinnaker

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

Join the DevTools team at Grab, where we focus on cloud engineering and developer platforms. Our mission is to build automation and tooling that empower our platform and development teams to operate effectively, securely, and at scale. We are a team of DevOps and infrastructure engineers dedicated to making a lasting impact on one of the largest cloud deployments in the region.

Get to Know the Role

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to drive complex platform engineering initiatives end-to-end. You will report to the Engineering Manager and work onsite in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. This is a hands-on technical role where you will independently deliver critical projects, influence architectural direction, and manage stakeholders across engineering, security, and platform teams.

As a Senior Engineer, you will not only contribute technically but also contribute directly to architecture decisions, own delivery end to end, mentor team members, drive best practices, and act as a trusted advisor on cloud automation, infrastructure reliability, and DevOps culture.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Automation at Scale: Design and implement automation frameworks for cloud operations, including account/subscription creation, secrets management, monitoring/logging, and policy guardrails.
• CI/CD Ownership: Architect, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, Spinnaker, etc.) to enable secure, scalable, and reliable software delivery.
• Cloud Engineering: Manage and scale large deployments in AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP including Kubernetes clusters etc.
• Innovation & Thought Leadership: Identify and introduce new tools, frameworks, and practices that drive efficiency and developer self-service, with an automation-first mindset.
• Mentorship & Guidance: Coach junior engineers, lead technical reviews, and foster adoption of clean architecture and DevOps/SRE best practices across teams.
• Reliability & Security: Work with SRE and security teams to embed automated guardrails, enforce compliance, and improve reliability of mission-critical systems.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security stakeholders to align solutions with developer agility, business priorities, and compliance needs.
• End-to-End Delivery: Lead the design and rollout of large-scale infrastructure and developer platform initiatives with minimal supervision, ensuring measurable impact.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering, with proven ability to independently deliver complex projects.
• Proficient in deploying public cloud services in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Understanding of complex platform engineering concepts around cloud, infrastructure automation, and integration.
• Strong Unix/Linux skills, including scripting (Python, shell, or similar), system administration, and troubleshooting in distributed environments.
• Experience designing resilient architectures for microservices, container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS).
• Ability to align engineering solutions with developer experience, business needs, and long-term platform goals.
• Comfortable working with distributed teams, managing stakeholders, and mentoring junior engineers.
• You have experience engaging with AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance productivity, improve workflows, and contribute new ideas.

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.