# Software Engineer, Backend

**Company**: Grab
**Location**: Petaling Jaya
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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

We are looking for a passionate and potential software engineer to join our team. You will have opportunities to work with a small team of engineers on multiple backend service clusters.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform:

- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs with a focus on reliability and scalability.

- Write efficient database queries (e.g., MySQL, Presto) and optimize system performance through profiling and troubleshooting.

- Contribute to projects on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and support deployments through CI/CD pipelines.

- Implement and maintain automated testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end) to ensure code quality.

- Gain exposure to distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Flink, while building services in Golang and Scala.

- Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS: What Essential Skills You Will Need:

- At least 2 years of experience in backend development.

- Familiarity with large-scale distributed web or API services, including systems internals and networking.

- Hands-on experience with databases and query languages such as MySQL or Presto.

- Good understanding of system performance, with the ability to profile and resolve bottlenecks.

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), testing frameworks (unit, integration, E2E), and CI/CD pipelines.

- Hands-on experience using any language and willing to work on Golang and Scala (Flink)

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

## Skills

### Required
- backend development
- MySQL
- Presto
- cloud platforms
- distributed computing frameworks
- Golang
- Scala
- Apache Flink

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