Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Grab; Selangor; On-site; MYR 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Engineer, where you'll play a key role in developing foundational tools for engineers. This exciting position involves migrating legacy workloads, enhancing productivity, and architecting scalable systems. With a focus on innovation, you'll collaborate with talented engineers to create efficient solutions that empower teams. Enjoy a vibrant workplace culture that prioritizes well-being and offers flexible benefits. If you're passionate about technology and want to make a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Life and Medical Insurance

Customizable Benefits through GrabFlex

Parental Leave

Birthday Leave

Volunteering Leave

Confidential Assistance Program

Flexible Work Arrangements

Qualifications

• 4+ years in software development with large-scale engineering products.
• Deep experience with cloud providers and Kubernetes platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support teams in building the next-gen compute platform for engineers.
• Collaborate with engineers to solve custom problems and boost productivity.

Skills

Software Development

Cloud Providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Kubernetes Management

CI/CD Tools

Technical Communication

Job description

About Grab

Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, offering a suite of services including deliveries, mobility, financial services, and enterprise solutions. Our diverse team is united by a mission: to drive Southeast Asia forward by creating economic empowerment for everyone.

Job Description

The role at a glance

Get to know the Team

Managed EKS is building our next-generation compute platform for all engineers at Grab. Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager II, you will contribute to migrating legacy workloads to our new platform, bringing joy, delight, and excellence to Grab engineers.

Get to know the Role

Our tools serve hundreds of engineers at Grab. We develop tools and platforms to enable quick and safe application development, improve testing and quality, ensure CI/CD pipeline health, increase observability, automate workflows, and create libraries for common use cases across our applications.

You will oversee both backend and mobile tools and platforms to enhance engineer productivity. This position is onsite at our Petaling Jaya, Malaysia office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Support teams in building the next-gen compute platform for Grab engineers.
• Develop foundational tools to prevent reinventing the wheel.
• Collaborate with engineers to solve custom problems and boost productivity.
• Architect efficient, scalable systems.
• Write high-quality, well-documented code and keep documentation current.
• Implement large changes safely, impacting hundreds of engineers.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews.
• Be part of the on-call team for our tools and platforms and participate in incident post-mortems.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• At least 4+ years of experience in software development, delivering large-scale engineering products and services.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to stakeholders.
• Deep experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience managing compute or Kubernetes platforms.
• Proficiency with at least one tech stack and building related products/services.
• Experience from zero to one rollout and managing large codebases.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes.

What We Offer

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp, providing services from food delivery to financial management and transportation. Our purpose is to drive Southeast Asia forward by empowering everyone through technology and AI, with values of heart, hunger, honor, and humility.

Life at Grab

We prioritize your well-being and offer benefits such as life and medical insurance, customizable benefits through GrabFlex, parental and birthday leave, volunteering leave, a confidential assistance program, and flexible work arrangements.

Our Commitment

We strive to create an inclusive and equitable workplace, providing equal opportunities for all candidates regardless of background or attributes.