Senior Software Engineer, Backend

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Selangor; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab, a leading superapp in Southeast Asia, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Petaling Jaya. The role involves building frameworks and tools for product engineers, ensuring efficient backend services, and mentoring junior staff. Join a team that values innovation and collaboration while enjoying comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Parental leave

Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development.
• Strong proficiency in Go programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews.

Skills

Go programming language

Distributed systems

Microservices architecture

RESTful APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Version control systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job 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.

Get to Know the Team

Our Developer Experience team builds frameworks, libraries and primitives for fellow engineers, so that they product features more quickly. You will be reporting to Software Engineering Manager II, FLIP. Some folks and companies would recognise this as a "Platform Engineering Team", and that is what we do. We aim to bring joy, delight and excellence into the daily work of Grab engineers. Our tools are used by thousands of engineers in Grab and these tools include code scaffolding for a microservices, libraries for resiliency features, dependency management.

Get to know the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. As member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable backend systems that power our cutting-edge applications.

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

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will build product and services that are frameworks, libraries and primitives that allow product engineers to build their services more efficiently
• You will build foundational tools so that engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel
• You will design and implement efficient, scalable, and maintainable backend services using Go programming language
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• You will participate in architectural discussions and contribute to technical decision-making processes
• You will conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
• You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's overall growth and knowledge sharing
• You will participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and uptime

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• You have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development
• You have strong proficiency in Go programming language
• You have solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and system design
• You have extensive experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
• You have experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC APIs and API design principles
• You have familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• You have knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL database systems
• You have experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines

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.