Grab

Senior Software Engineer

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4 hours ago
Singapore, SingaporeSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable, maintainable solutions for GrabX and its platform growth.
  • Deliver well-tested code and uphold engineering standards through design, architecture, code reviews, optimization, and refactoring.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to translate business needs into software solutions.
  • Improve system performance, reliability, observability, and engineering quality.
  • Troubleshoot production issues, participate in on-call rotations, and own incident response and resolution.
  • Use data and experimentation to improve technical decisions, customer experience, and business outcomes.
  • Mentor junior engineers and support team development.
  • Stay current with industry practices and technologies and contribute ideas to the team.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of professional experience building production systems at scale.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and expertise in system design, architecture, and scalability.
  • Proficiency in modern languages such as Go, Sparks, or Java.
  • Experience building and maintaining complex distributed systems at scale.
  • Knowledge of performance optimization, reliability, testing, and debugging best practices.
  • Experience designing and integrating APIs and backend services.
  • Understanding of secure coding and security-first system design.
  • Experience with experimentation, instrumentation, and data-informed development.
  • Familiarity with modern development tools, CI/CD, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers and supporting team development.
  • Preferred experience with database design and optimization, microservices, or containerization.
  • Preferred background in payments, FinTech, authentication, or other high-trust products.
  • Open-source contributions or additional technical expertise are preferred.
  • Experience with a relational database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle is preferred.

Benefits

  • Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
  • GrabFlex benefits package flexibility.
  • Parental leave, Birthday leave, and Love-all-Serve-all volunteering leave.
  • Confidential Grabber Assistance Programme.
  • FlexWork arrangements, including differentiated hours.
  • Inclusive and equitable workplace policies.
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About Grab

10,000+ employees

Grab builds a Southeast Asia superapp for mobility, deliveries, and financial services, serving consumers, drivers, merchants, and enterprises. It monetizes via ride and delivery commissions, merchant services (such as ads and subscriptions), and payments and digital banking products. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore, Grab operates across multiple Southeast Asian markets and is publicly listed on NASDAQ.

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