Software Engineer, Backend

Grab

  • Jakarta
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
Company DescriptionAbout Grab and Our WorkplaceGrab 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 DescriptionGet to Know the TeamThe Fulfilment tech family is one of the most important pillars ensuring Grab to out-serve our customers and partners in different businesses and marketplaces across Southeast Asia. We are working on high throughput, real-time distributed systems that use machine learning techniques to solve hundreds of millions of requests per day. Our mission is to offer the best products and experiences to our driver partners as to increase adoption and engagement of our services. Improve driver partner opportunities and efficiency to fulfil customer orders without fail, rain or shine. And to create efficient marketplaces by determining a price that is both sustainable and loved by our partners and customers. Our team members are in Indonesia and Singapore.Get to Know the RoleWe are seeking talented & passionate Engineers to join our team. You will have opportunities to lead a small team of engineers to work on multiple backend service clusters. It is very important that our team members to initiatively identify problems and have the right mindset and skills to solve them.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 via 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.
QualificationsWhat Essential Skills You Will Need2 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.
  • Strong understanding of system performance, with 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)
Additional InformationLife at GrabWe 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 GrabWe are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.

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