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Software Engineer, Backend

Grab

Grab

Software Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Jan 16, 2026

Company Description

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:

Join our inclusive engineering team at Grab, where your work will be at the core of our mission to positively impact hundreds of millions of lives daily. We're motivated by a passion for innovation, especially in enhancing our payment platforms, which handle millions of transactions every day. As part of our payment's team you will be responsible of designing, delivering and maintaining high quality and scalable solutions to meet the payments needs of Grab. We value diverse perspectives and fresh ideas, giving you the opportunity to improve one of Southeast Asia's most widely used apps.

Get to know the role:

As such, we are seeking experienced & passionate Engineers to join our team, As part of Grab's payments team you will be responsible for designing, delivering and maintaining high quality and scalable solutions to meet the payments needs of Grab. You will be reporting to Engineering Manager II

The Critical Tasks You will Perform:

  • You will design and construct software applications using GoLang.

You will Identify key tasks, prioritise them, and deliver them throughout the software development life cycle.

  • You will automate tasks using appropriate tools and scripting.
  • You will collaborate with multiple teams to define needs, design new features and deliver them.
  • You will lead the architecture and coding standards efforts, ensuring clean and efficient code.
  • You will conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and security guidelines.
  • You will troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.
  • You will stay up-to-date with latest trends and technologies to improve our products and processes

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of related work experience in a similar capacity
  • Proficiency in GoLang for developing and enhancing software applications.
  • Architecture mindset: Experience designing scalable and maintainable architectures.
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Experience with SDLC and Agile methodologies to manage tasks.
  • Automation: Proficiency in using tools and scripting to automate repetitive tasks.
  • Code Reviews: Experience conducting code reviews to maintain high-quality coding standards.
  • Experience analysing complex issues and solving them.
  • Experience collaborating and communicating updates and resolutions discussions with multiple teams for partnership.
  • Experience in Security Practices understanding best practices for coding and security guidelines.
  • Stay current with new technologies and integrate them into your work.

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 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.