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

Data Engineering manages the code, pipelines, and infrastructure that extract, process, and prepare every piece of data generated or consumed by Grab's systems. We are a diverse team of software engineers that not only works to solve a variety of data-related problems faced by teams across Grab but also acts as a bridge connecting everyone through data.

Get to Know the Role

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager and be based onsite in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. You will automate multiple big data flows, performance engineering, and building the internal big data pipeline platform to maintain the quality of our critical our data. We offer the opportunity to work with a world-class engineering team managing petabytes of data in Southeast Asia.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Improve and Build: Design and implement scalable and maintainable RESTful API services that power our groundbreaking products.
• Architect Excellence: Develop efficient backend services that form the backbone of our advanced data platform.
• Collaborate and Create: Define operating procedures and set up service monitors and alerts, working with our dedicated infrastructure team to bring your ideas to life.
• Lead and Inspire: Play a crucial role in planning, providing technical consultation, and driving the design and testing efforts of intricate engineering projects.
• Ensure Quality: Recreate complex customer and production-reported issues to identify causes and verify solutions, ensuring our customers receive the best experience possible.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 1+ years of data engineering experience
• Proficient programming skills in any of the following languages: Python, Golang, Scala, Java, with a solid foundation in system design.
• Hands-on experience deploying applications to production (e.g., databases, REST APIs).
• Familiarity with the modern big data ecosystem, such as Kubernetes (K8s), Spark, Trino, Airflow, Kafka.
• Basic knowledge of at least one modern JavaScript framework: React, Vue.js, Angular.
• Proficient knowledge of relational databases and SQL.

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.
• 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.