Lead Software Engineer, Managed Kubernetes Platform

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork - differentiated hours

Job summary

Grab is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to design, build, and maintain our service mesh and Kubernetes infrastructure that underpins our microservice architecture. You will guide cross-functional teams and own the network platforms that keep services connected and reliable.

This onsite role is based in our Singapore office and requires hands-on expertise with Istio, AWS EKS, and CI/CD practices to ensure performance, resilience, and observability across global applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in managing microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in Go, Java or Python.
• Experience with Istio/Linkerd/Consul and service mesh.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native stacks.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage Istio mesh infrastructure and Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development teams to align architecture with 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 support capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Monitor service operations and contribute to DevOps improvements.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Istio

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

CI/CD

Networking (HTTP/TCP/IP/gRPC)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

GKE

CI/CD tools

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

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 & troubleshoot potential issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our DevOps practices.

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).

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.