Software Engineering Manager II - Transaction Platform

PLT Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab is hiring for a hands-on engineering leader to guide a team of engineers within the Transaction Platform. You will lead the design of reliable services, balance technical direction with people management, and mentor engineers to scale the platform that powers merchant transactions.

This onsite role is based in Singapore, reporting to the Head of Engineering, Transaction Platform, and involves shaping the product roadmap with cross-functional partners while maintaining high development

Qualifications

• Leadership and people management experience
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Experience designing scalable, distributed services

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly reliable, scalable services for Grab's Transaction Platform.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction while balancing hands-on leadership.
• Participate in code/design reviews and interview loops to hire top engineers.

Job description

Get to Know the Team

Join the Transaction Platform team at Grab, where we own the end-to-end transaction lifecycle for our merchant partners including order, finance, insights, and feedback. These are among the most-used features in the merchant app, powering how millions of merchants run their business on Grab every day.

Get to Know the Role

You will report to the Head of Engineering, Transaction Platform, and lead a team of 10+ engineers building the reliable, scalable systems that merchants depend on for their daily transactions. You'll balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, mentoring engineers while helping shape the technical direction of the platform. This role is based onsite in Singapore.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will design and implement highly reliable, scalable services for Grab's Transaction Platform systems, evaluating technology stacks to improve performance and scalability.
• You will partner with cross-functional leaders across product, design, analytics, and data science to build the product roadmap, set merchant focused metrics, and design experiments.
• You will set the engineering strategy within your team, mentor junior and senior engineers, and grow into broader technical leadership.
• You will participate in code and design reviews to maintain high development standards.
• You will participate in interview loops to help hire top engineers into the team.