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Senior Software Engineer,Security Engineering

Grab

Grab

Software Engineering
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Posted on Jun 10, 2025

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

Our passion is anchored in the work that we do, and this is reflected in the impact we make on millions of lives on a daily basis. We are empowered by creating amazing services and tools that serve millions of passengers, driving partners, and fellow Grabbers.

You'll be part of a team that is responsible for the Security of Grab Cloud platform which is one of the largest deployments in the region.

Get to know the role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to take a lead on the infrastructure security engineering projects. You will be reporting to Engineering Manager II. We believe you have cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, integration, and development skills, but if you believe you have what it takes then we'd love to hear from you either way. This role is required because we are expanding our regional infrastructure security capabilities. In return, you will work with a great team working on complex architectures and managing cloud security of one of the largest cloud deployments in the region.

This role is onsite based in our Petaling Jaya, Malaysia office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

  • You will use technology to address clearly defined problems, constructing individual components or features based on specific tasks.
  • You will grasp the project requirements thoroughly and apply this understanding to your designs.
  • You will maintain a comprehensive knowledge of your codebase and systems, ensuring reliability through design reviews, monitoring, alerting, and adherence to Operational Excellence (OE) standards.
  • You will take ownership of your code, ensuring it is readable, maintainable, and thoroughly tested.
  • You will apply suitable data structures and algorithms. You will provide clear, relevant feedback during code reviews and respond constructively to feedback from peers.
  • You will address issues promptly and keep your team informed.
  • You will ensure that container environments are inherently secure, allowing for swift remediation of newly detected vulnerabilities with minimal effort.
  • You will integrate vulnerability detection and alert systems into container build pipelines, empowering engineering teams to prevent the introduction of known vulnerabilities into production environments.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

  • You have at least 4 + years of relevant experience building production systems
  • You have proficient in deploying public cloud services in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • You have the ability to perform automation using Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet, Docker/Kubernetes, and any one CI tools (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab, Travis CI)
  • You have comfortable to code in at least one high-level programming language - Java, Python, or Golang
  • You understand clean architecture principles.
  • You have experience with web frameworks and understanding of RESTful APIs.
  • You have knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration and management

Good to have:

  • You have knowledge of Cloud Security and understanding of Security Operations, DevSecOps, or Security Automation

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.