Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack (Insurance Operations)

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

FlexWork hours

Job summary

Grab is building scalable backend services with a microservices mindset and delivering frontend interfaces using React. This Insurance Operations team in Malaysia creates internal tools and dashboards to empower decision making and operational efficiency.

You will collaborate across teams, own features from design to deployment, and participate in on-call rotations to ensure reliability of critical services. The role emphasizes ownership, learning, and autonomy.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React.
• Experience with Java/Go or Node.js backend languages.
• Relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL and Git.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (AWS).
• Knowledge of clean architecture and SOLID principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality backend services within a microservices architecture.
• Design and maintain frontend web applications using React.
• Build internal tools and dashboards for Insurance Operations.
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable code.
• Collaborate across teams to design and ship new features.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain quality and share knowledge.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction.
• Participate in On-Call rotations for service reliability.

Skills

Frontend development

React

Backend development

Java

Go

Node.js

Databases

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

AWS

SOLID principles

Tools

Git

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

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.

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

At GrabFin, we empower the people of Southeast Asia by ensuring financial inclusion for the underserved. The Insurance Operations PST in Malaysia supports Insurance Products and owns Accounting, Reports, Internal Tools, and Third-Party Integration domains.

Get to Know the Role

You will report to the Engineering Manager, Insurance Operations, based in Malaysia and develop internal tools, reporting dashboards, and operational applications. You will work across the stack, building both frontend and backend components. We're looking for candidates that embody ownership, display a hunger for learning and improvement, and excel in autonomy.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Develop high-quality and scalable backend services within a microservices architecture
• Design, develop, and maintain user-friendly frontend web applications using React
• Build internal tools and reporting dashboards for Insurance Operations team
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
• Collaborate with diverse teams to design and ship new features
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction
• Participate in On-Call rotations to ensure service reliability

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 4+ years of relevant experience in software development
• Proficiency in building frontend web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React
• Proficiency in backend programming languages (Java/Go or Node.js)
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and Git
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS)
• Experience with clean architecture principles and SOLID principles

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 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.