Intern, Software Engineer Backend

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

As part of the self-serve marketing business at Grab, our primary focus is enhancing the marketing experience for our MEX users. We are dedicated to driving self-serve marketing revenue and ensuring that our strategies align with the needs and expectations of our users. Let's continue to innovate and excel in delivering impactful marketing solutions that empower our users and contribute to Grab's success.

Get to Know the Role 

You will work with the engineering team in designing, developing, and maintaining backend services. You will be provided with hands-on experience in backend system architecture and development, and to create scalable and efficient solutions. You will report to the Software Engineer Manager.

This role is based on-site in our Petaling Jaya office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will collaborate with teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• You will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that support our applications.
• You will participate in the architecture and design of backend systems, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and efficient.
• You will write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following best practices and coding standards.
• You will help troubleshoot and debugging issues in existing backend services.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Only for candidates who are available to start in July 2025.
• Your studies as a Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science.
• Proficient in at least one programming language such as Golang, C++, C, C#, Java, Python, and willing to work on Golang.
• You have an ability to structure data and write algorithms.
• Knowledge in database management systems (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the benefits we offer our Interns:

• Attractive Monthly Allowance!
• EPF (Employees Provident Fund) or SOCSO (Social Security Organization) where applicable.

• 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.