Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Fulfillment)

Grab; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab in Malaysia seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Fulfillment) to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services powering our platform for millions of users.

You will collaborate across teams, mentor teammates, and drive scalable architectures while improving performance and reliability. The role reports to the Software Engineering Manager II and is based onsite in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Backend development with an architecture mindset.
• At least 5 years of backend development experience with Golang.
• Experience with SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Experience designing scalable and maintainable architectures.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Understanding of security best practices and secure coding principles.
• Experience with coding automation and AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services using Go to improve availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Grab's services.
• Contribute to capacity planning, performance analysis, tuning and optimization.
• Participate in code and design reviews to uphold high development standards.
• Explore and create new designs/architectures geared towards scale and performance.
• Collaborate with the infrastructure team to build and scale backend services and conduct root cause analyses.

Skills

Golang

Backend architecture

SDLC & Agile

Relational databases

Security best practices

Code reviews

Git version control

Performance tuning

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Fulfillment)

As one of the core pillars enabling Grab to out-serve customers and partners across Southeast Asia, the Fulfillment tech family builds high-throughput, real-time distributed systems powered by sophisticated machine learning to process hundreds of millions of requests daily.

Our mission is to deliver best-in-class products and experiences that drive driver-partner adoption and engagement, optimizing their efficiency and earning opportunities so customer orders are fulfilled without fail, rain or shine. By seamlessly balancing these dynamics, we strive to create efficient marketplaces that determine optimal, sustainable pricing loved by both our partners and customers.

Get to Know the Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you'll design, develop, and maintain robust backend services that power our platform and impact millions of users. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to build scalable, efficient systems while continuously innovating and improving our technical infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career, mentor teammates, and make a meaningful contribution to our mission.

You will be reporting to the Software Engineering Manager II and be base onsite at our Malaysia office in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Design and write with the cutting edge GO language to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Grab's range of services.
• You will contribute to service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standard
• You will explore and create new designs/architectures geared towards scale and performance.
• Work with the infrastructure team in building and scaling back-end services and performing root cause analysis investigations.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Background in backend development with a clear architecture mindset.
• Have at least 5 years of experience in backend development with programming skills in Golang
• Experience with programming principles, financial transaction consistency, and Git version control.
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Experience with SDLC and Agile methodologies to manage tasks.
• Experience designing scalable and maintainable architectures.
• Experience with a relational database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
• Understanding of security best practices and secure coding principles
• Experience using coding agent and ai speed up your daily working including but not limit coding, review, design ETA.