Senior Software Engineer, Backend - ACE

Company Description

Life at Grab

At Grab, every Grabber is guided by The Grab Way, which spells out our mission, how we believe we can achieve it, and our operating principles - the 4Hs: Heart, Hunger, Honour and Humility. These principles guide and help us make decisions as we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia.

Get to know the Team

Come join Grab ACE team, we're dedicated to building the most trusted and loved platform for all things food in Southeast Asia.. When you’re an engineer at Grab, you are part of the heart and soul of the company. Our passion is anchored in the work that we do, and this is reflected in the impact we make on hundreds of millions of lives on a daily basis. Our team is empowered by creating amazing services and tools that serve hundreds of millions of consumers, driving partners, and fellow grabbers. We are always seeking to innovate our delivery and dine in platforms, which requires the help of first-class engineers. Our scale of production is huge, handling tens of millions of bookings every day. When you launch a new code, hundreds of millions of people will see what you are doing in a very short time. Operating at this level is difficult, but very beneficial.

Job Description

The Day-to-Day Activities

As an engineer, you are expected to work on both product development as well as engineering improvements. 

• Work closely with the product and design team to understand requirements, provide product feedback, own and implement the product from start to finish.
• Drive and participate in technical discussions with other engineering teams
• Write code that is reusable, scalable and testable. Make sure products are delivered on time and with high quality.
• Collaborate with QAs to make sure our app releases are always worthy of five star ratings.
• Review code from other team members, provide constructive feedback and strive to raise the engineering bar.
• Take initiative to improve the codebase proactively. Propose and set better engineering solutions for the team.
• Be responsible and responsive during on-call duty. Able to debug and troubleshoot production issues.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and knowledge sharing to peers.

Qualifications

The Must-Haves

• Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Good Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience shipping products (like web applications or backend services) to production.
• Proficient with at least one language commonly used for backend services development (Go, C++, C, C#, Java, Python etc.), but willing to work on Golang. Proficiency in Golang will be a strong advantage.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English, and strong willingness to communicate and coordinate with others from different culture and language backgrounds.
• Self-motivated, fast learner, and great team player.
• Willing to learn new technologies.

Good to have

• Expert knowledge in databases, including relational databases such as MySQL and NoSQL databases like AWS DynamoDB, Scylla, and others, accompanied by a distinct understanding of various design decision implications. Capable of architecting highly scalable solutions while keeping cost-effectiveness in mind.
• Experience with Golang, including an understanding of its core syntax and semantics, familiarity with its standard library, its concurrency primitives, and experience in developing and optimizing Golang applications.
• Experience in developing distributed systems with high throughput and scalability, including a deep understanding of streaming systems and queuing models and their respective integration into these systems.
• Proficiency in maintaining operational excellence and site reliability, including familiarity with monitoring system performance, ensuring system health, and managing service capacity planning.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior developers, providing guidance on coding standards, and promoting a collaborative learning environment within the team.
• Demonstrate a keen sense of product thinking, being able to align technical strategies with product goals, and understanding how development decisions can directly impact end-users.

Additional Information

Our Commitment

We recognize that with these individual attributes come different workplace challenges, and we will work with Grabbers to address them in our journey towards creating inclusion at Grab for all Grabbers.