Senior Backend Engineer, Payments Core (Fintech)

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 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

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork differentiated hours

Job summary

Grab is building a robust FundsCore platform within the Payments domain. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and data pipelines, collaborating across multiple teams. You will mentor juniors, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to high-quality code and architecture decisions.

This on-site role is based at Grab One-North, Singapore. Candidates should have 4+ years of software development experience in Golang or Java, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong CS fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• 4+ years of software development experience with Golang or Java.
• Experience with clean architecture, data-driven design, and large-scale data processing.
• Proven experience building large-scale distributed systems with DBMS and NoSQL.
• Microservices, cloud platforms (AWS), and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of Observability, SLAs, Security, Data Governance, and Regulatory compliance.
• Experience applying Generative AI to enhance productivity and capabilities.
• Payments domain experience (settlement and reconciliation) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable software applications.
• Write clean, efficient, tested code for complex problems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new features.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain documentation.
• Troubleshoot issues and implement sustainable fixes.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction.
• Ensure system reliability through observability and on-call rotations.
• Provide DevOps support for system health and performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns.

Skills

Golang

Java

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud (AWS)

DevOps

SOLID principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

REST APIs

gRPC

Databases & NoSQL

Caching

Runbooks

Job description

Grab is building a robust FundsCore platform within the Payments domain. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and data pipelines, collaborating across multiple teams. You will mentor juniors, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to high-quality code and architecture decisions.

This on-site role is based at Grab One-North, Singapore. Candidates should have 4+ years of software development experience in Golang or Java, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on