Lead Software Engineer, Managed Kubernetes Platform

Grab; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Job summary

Grab is seeking a Lead Engineer to design, build, and maintain our service mesh and Kubernetes infrastructure that underpins our microservices architecture. You will own end-to-end deployment, traffic management, and observability while aligning with engineering teams to meet platform goals.

The role requires hands-on experience with istio/mesh tech, AWS EKS, and container orchestration. Onsite in Singapore, strong collaboration, and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in managing microservices architecture.
• Familiar with HTTP, TCP/IP, and gRPC.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools, infrastructure as code.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like Istio, Linkerd, Consul.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes management like AWS EKS, GKE.
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with cloud-native stack and cloud-based environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage istio mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand and cater to architecture needs.
• Implement and manage service discovery, load-balancing, traffic management, and observability.
• Manage workload deployment and scheduling within AWS EKS.
• Respond to service interruptions and assist in capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Monitor service operations to detect and troubleshoot issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of DevOps practices.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Go/Java/Python

Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd/Consul)

Kubernetes / AWS EKS

Docker

Cloud-native (AWS/GCP/Azure)

CI/CD / IaC

Networking (HTTP/TCP/IP/gRPC)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

GKE

CI/CD tools

Job description

Company Description

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

Managed EKS is building our next-gen compute platform for all engineers in Grab. You will be reporting to Software Engineering Manager II. The team has been hard at work and has driven successful migration of a significant portion of our legacy workloads onto our new platform. We aim to bring joy, delight and excellence into the daily work of Grab engineers.

Get to Know the Role

We are seeking a experienced and enthusiastic Lead Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will design, build, and maintain our service mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure that forms the backbone of our microservice architecture. You must have extensive experience in managing service-to-service communication, data plane, and control plane and have hands-on experience in managing k8s workloads.

This role is onsite based in our Singapore office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Architect, deploy, and manage istio mesh infrastructure and k8s infrastructure
• You'll work closely with development teams to understand and cater to their needs in architecture.
• You'll implement and manage service discovery, load-balancing, traffic management, and observability within the service mesh.
• You'll implement and manage workload deployment, scheduling within AWS EKS.
• You'll respond promptly to service interruptions and assist in capacity planning and performance tuning.
• You'll monitor service operations to detect and troubleshoot potential issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our DevOps practices.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in managing microservices architecture.
• Familiar with network protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, and gRPC.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools, infrastructure as code etc.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, or Python.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies like istio, linkerd, consul etc
• Familiarity with k8s management like AWS EKS, GKE
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with cloud-native stack and cloud-based environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).

Additional Information

Life at Grab

• 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.