Senior Software Engineer, Backend

PLT Engineering; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer, Backend to design, build and optimize mission-critical backend systems that power our platform at scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and own key architectural decisions.

This onsite role requires mentoring junior engineers, participating in on-call rotations, and delivering reusable, testable code with a strong emphasis on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Owns designing, building, and optimizing backend systems at scale.
• Collaborates with Product/Design/Analytics and other engineering teams.
• Writes reusable, scalable, and testable code delivered on time.
• Mentors junior engineers and contributes to team growth.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimize backend components for scale.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align requirements and timelines.
• Review code and engineering specs, ensuring quality and performance.
• Triage, debug, and fix issues during on-call rotations.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

On-call experience

Job description

The Mobility team is an established team responsible for the ride-hailing module in the Grab app. We improve the core transport booking experience.

We are working on high throughput, real-time distributed systems that use machine learning techniques to solve hundreds of millions of requests per day. Our mission is to offer the best products and experiences to our passengers to increase adoption and engagement of our services. Our team has direct end-user contact, and impact on the bottom line for Grab.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing engineering team in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. You will be reporting to Senior Software Engineering Manager. You will take ownership of designing, building, and optimizing critical backend systems that power our platform at scale. You will work with cross-functional teams to architect solutions and across our backend infrastructure. This is an opportunity to improve systems that serve millions of users while advancing your career in a dynamic, forward-thinking organization.

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

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will work with Product/Design/Analytics teams to understand problems, requirements, provide feedback, options, trade offs, and timelines.
• You will collaborate with Android/IOS/Backend/QA/ML Engineers to brainstorm and implement technical solutions that are scalable and addressing the actual problems.
• You will write code that is reusable, scalable and testable. Make sure features are delivered on time and with high quality.
• You will review code and engineering specs, provide constructive feedback and aim to raise the engineering bar.
• You will be responsible and responsive during on-call duty. Triage, debug, mitigate and fix complex issues. Assist on ad hoc queries from other teams.
• You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's overall growth and knowledge sharing