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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Grab

Grab

Software Engineering
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Posted on Sep 12, 2024

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

On Grab's Identity (IAM) team you will build class leading registration, authentication, and authorization systems for all user participants in the Grab ecosystem tailored for SEA markets. This includes Grab services and external partner scenarios. Your mission will be to deliver authentication mechanisms that provide proof of user identity while minimizing user friction and accommodating mobile, web, and voice environments.

Get to Know the Role

As a leader in an exciting and dynamic industry that is evolving daily, we are looking for experienced Engineers to join our team. You will report to the Software Engineering Manager with hybrid working in Malaysia. As part of this role, you will build large-scale systems that can handle 100K+ RPS, with 4 nines of availability Service level agreements. You will work on world-class authentication and authorization systems that are regionally compliant, and follow stringent security, FinTech, and other regulatory standards

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

  • You will collaborate with the product, business, and program management team to ensure you are on top of your deliverables. This will ensure robustness, performance, and a great user experience across all of Grab's diverse product range.
  • You will focus on the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and operationally excellent code and test code using the Go Programming Language. Your collaborative efforts with other engineering teams will help us build scalable back-end services that support our diverse range of products.
  • You will work with the SRE/DevOps team to set up infrastructure and microservices, ensuring that our systems are always performing at their best, providing a seamless experience for our users.
  • You will be part of an on-call rotation and support the application in production. Your efforts will ensure that our software is always running smoothly, providing a reliable service to our users.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

  • We're looking for someone who has dedicated at least 5+ years to building large-scale, available Internet and mobile applications. You have solid software engineering and coding skills, with proficiency in any programming language and a willingness to work with GoLang.
  • You have excellent communication skills, sharp analytical abilities with design skills, and the ability to critically evaluate the current system regarding growth and stability. A history of working with geo-distributed partner teams is required.
  • Excellent working knowledge of at least one public cloud is necessary.

Additional Information

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.

What we stand for at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.