Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp, offering various services such as food delivery, financial management, and transportation.

We build frameworks, libraries, and primitives that thousands of Grab backend engineers rely on every day. Our portfolio includes microservices frameworks, resiliency libraries, and dependency management solutions.

As a Lead Engineer in the Frameworks, Libraries, Primitives team (FLIP), you develop the framework that powers our backend services. You will identify opportunities to optimise our Software Development Lifecycle, lead technical projects, and shape the next generation of microservices for Grab.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform:

• Identify, plan, and implement AI-driven tools to reduce engineering workload and boost productivity across Grab teams.
• Develop frameworks and libraries in Go that empower product engineers to ship faster without reinventing the wheel.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical roadmaps.
• Mentor junior engineers and cultivate a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence.
• Champion high code quality through rigorous code reviews and constructive feedback.

QUALIFICATIONS: What Essential Skills You Will Need:

• You have 7+ years of software development experience and a history of delivering successful solutions across teams.
• You have proficiency in Go. You write idiomatic, testable, and maintainable code.
• You have hands-on experience writing and operating backend microservices. You are familiar with HTTP/gRPC, relational databases (MySQL), and NoSQL databases (Redis). You have a working knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes), service mesh (Istio), and observability (DataDog, Kibana, Grafana).
• You understand how developers use version control and CI/CD to collaborate on a codebase and ship software (Git, GitLab).

Life at Grab:

• Comprehensive Medical Insurance: We got you covered with medical insurance plans.
• Leave Entitlement: Enjoy a range of leave options including Annual Leave, Medical Leave, and Hospitalization Leave.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Benefit from a flexible work schedule that allows you to balance your academic commitments and personal life.
• Community Involvement: Get involved in community service through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) programs.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours