Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack
Grab
Company 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.
Job Description
Get to Know the Team
The Targeted Communication team develops scalable systems to ensure seamless marketing campaigns, including an advanced IFTTT engine powered by AI. Our solutions aim to enhance automation and efficiency, positively improving millions of lives. The team consists of backend and frontend developers collaborating in a tech-friendly environment that bridges business and technology.
Get to Know the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll collaborate across teams, mentor colleagues, and help fix user pain points while driving project deliverables.
You will report to the Engineering Manager II. You will be onsite at Grab One-north office.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
You will:
- Design and implement backend components using Go to enhance service reliability and scalability.
- Explore new design solutions alongside engineering for scalability and performance.
- Lead code and design reviews for quality assurance.
- Analyse, tune, and improve software for capacity and performance.
- Prototype new features in collaboration with product and experience teams.
- Integrate AI components into broader system architectures in partnership with data scientists and engineers.
- Work with infrastructure teams to resolve system issues and improve backend performance.
- Participate in operational processes, including on-call rotations to maintain excellence.
- Work with product and design teams to define and prototype features, ensuring site reliability.
Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- At least 3 years of experience with distributed systems and fullstack software engineering.
- Proficiency in one programming language and backend system design around DBMS, caches, or NoSQL.
- Experience building scalable, resilient, and observable distributed systems to assess system growth and stability.
- Knowledge of backend tools and server architecture.
- Experience with cloud services like AWS or Azure, which will be essential for deployment and management.
- Proficiency with containerization through Docker and Kubernetes, important for deploying scalable applications.
- Knowledge of software development best practices: version control (e.g., Git), unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with web development frameworks like ReactJS or Redux.
Additional Information
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.
