Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Safety

Rocket Lab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Southeast Asia is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Safety team. In this role, you will design scalable backend systems to improve safety features, working with cross-functional teams and ensuring high reliability. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Golang, distributed systems, and backend architecture, along with excellent analytical and communication skills.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Flexible Work Arrangements

Parental Leave

Birthday Leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering within distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Golang and strong understanding of algorithm design.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, focused on scalability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services using Golang.
• Develop systems to analyze real-time signals for safety measures.
• Debug and resolve production incidents, ensuring operational excellence.

Skills

Golang

Distributed Systems

System Design

Algorithm Knowledge

Operational Excellence

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Software Engineering

Information Technology

Tools

MySQL

DynamoDB

Redis

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

Safety team at Grab is committed to ensuring the safety of our users across all services. By focusing on consumer safety, we directly impact the lives of millions, preventing incidents and building trust within our ecosystem. Our team develops and implements crucial safety features such as AudioProtect, rider verification, live tracking, and more, creating a safer environment for everyone.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Safety team under the Integrity Tech Family. You will design and build scalable backend systems that power essential safety features. You will also focus on processing real-time signals, optimizing distributed systems, and ensuring high reliability to support Grab's mission of creating a safety environment for all users. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the Safety team and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Design and implement scalable backend services using Golang to improve availability, latency, and efficiency for Grab's safety features.
• Develop systems to process and analyze real-time signals, enabling timely activation of safety measures and seamless integration with safety products.
• Optimize distributed systems to handle high throughput, ensuring reliability and scalability across multiple regions.
• Debug and resolve production incidents during on-call shifts, maintaining operational excellence and minimizing downtime.
• Conduct code and design reviews to uphold high development standards and ensure robust system architecture.
• Build mechanisms to orchestrate overlapping safety actions and manage conflicts in real-time.
• Architect solutions that integrate multiple safety features, ensuring data sharing and unified decision-making across the backend.
• Find ways to platformize existing safety products to enable cross-functional integration and long-term reusability of the system.
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering technical growth and collaboration within the team.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering within distributed systems environments.
• Proficiency in Golang, with expertise in concurrency primitives, standard libraries, and application optimization.
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system design principles for building scalable and reliable systems.
• Experience in designing and maintaining large-scale web services, with a focus on high throughput and scalability.
• Familiarity with relational databases (MySQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Redis), including designing cost-effective and scalable solutions.
• Operational excellence in site reliability, including monitoring system performance and managing service capacity planning.
• Proven ability to debug and resolve production incidents efficiently, ensuring system stability and reliability.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and design scalable and stable systems.
• Adaptability to AI tools and frameworks to enhance development processes and integrate intelligent solutions into backend systems.

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 enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.