Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

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.

Get to Know the Team

Grab's Fulfilment Team acts as a horizontal platform tech family with the goal of deepening fulfilment capabilities for all Grab businesses in a platform manner and providing them solutions which help connect our driver partners to Grab customers and create a highly reliable, cost efficient and faster transportation and logistics platform.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack to empower Grab's operations to scale efficiently and intelligently by designing, building, and owning the full-stack tools that provide critical insights into marketplace health, partner performance, competitive dynamics, and automation diagnostics. You will directly impact the reliability, speed, and data-driven decision-making of thousands of Grab operations users. You will be reporting to Software Engineering Manager, and to be based onsite in our Petaling Jaya office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will build scalable solutions by architecting, developing, and deploying robust full-stack applications that address complex operational challenges. 
• You will empower operations and analysts by creating intuitive user interfaces that provide easy access to accurate, multi-dimensional data for performance monitoring and issue diagnosis.
• You will drive operational efficiency by automating manual processes and developing self-service capabilities to enhance Grab's scalability.
• You will own and iterate on features/modules from concept through implementation, testing, and deployment, continuously improving based on user feedback and data insights.
• You will mentor and collaborate with junior engineers and cross-functional teams, sharing your expertise to understand challenges and deliver optimal solutions.
• You will ensure high performance and reliability of applications by implementing robust monitoring, alerting, and user-centric design practices.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• At least 4 years of software engineering experience with full-stack web applications and distributed systems
• Technical Proficiency:
  • Frontend: Expertise in modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks, HTML5, CSS3, state management, and build tools.
  • Backend: Proficiency in one or more server-side languages (Go, Node.js, Python) and frameworks (Express, Django, etc.).
  • Databases: Experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB).
  • APIs: Understanding of RESTful API design;
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure); familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK) is advantageous.
  • Testing: Proficient in writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

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 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.