Senior Software Engineer, FullStack

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

Join the Consumer Experience (CX) Engineering team at Grab. We're focused on enhancing consumer interaction by working on essential elements like the user experience, content discovery, and user lifecycle including growth, engagement, and loyalty. Our mission is to connect consumers to Grab's marketplace, helping them discover and access services and partners.

Get to Know the Role 

Your main responsibility will be to deliver high-quality services that support user journeys in the Grab app, starting from the login screen to key app interfaces. Our services are prime entry points with millions of visitors daily in 8 countries. Based at the Grab One North office, you'll collaborate closely with the Senior Software Engineering Manager.

You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager, and you will be based fully on-site in our Grab One North office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will design and develop solutions using Go language to enhance the availability, scalability, and efficiency of Grab's services.
• You will collaborate with the engineering team to innovate on design and architecture focused on scale and performance.
• You will conduct code and design reviews to maintain high development standards.
• You will engage in service capacity planning and optimize software performance.
• You will work with product and experience teams to define and prototype feature specifications.
• You will team up with the infrastructure department to build and scale backend services and investigate root causes of issues.
• You will design, build, analyze, and troubleshoot large-scale systems.
• You will debug and resolve production incidents during on-call shifts.
• You will participate in interview processes to help recruit top industry talent.
• You will provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Backend Skills
  • At least 8 years experience in software engineering with full stack web and distributed systems experience.
  • Proficient in Golang, including core syntax, concurrency, and optimization techniques.
  • Strong grasp of algorithms, data structures, and system design.
  • Experience with distributed systems, streaming services, and queuing models.
  • Mastery of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, ScyllaDB).
  • Experience with site reliability including monitoring, capacity planning, and overseeing large-scale web services.
  • Familiar with networking protocols and system internals.
  • Ability to mentor junior developers and enforce coding standards.
• Frontend Skills (Bonus)
  • Experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Knowledge in frameworks like React, Vue.js, and Svelte.
  • Understanding of state management (e.g., Redux), progressive web apps, responsive design, and accessibility.
• Full Stack & DevOps
  • Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and real-time data exchanges.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

About our Technology Stack

Our core services use Golang, integrated with Redis, MySQL, DynamoDB, Kafka, and Elasticsearch for data management. Services are orchestrated using Kubernetes and run on AWS cloud infrastructure. Our mobile apps support both iOS and Android platforms with a focus on native languages like Swift and Kotlin, while frontend technologies include Rails, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. GitLab and complementary tools like Jenkins and DataDog support our release pipeline.

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 enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.