Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

Petaling Jaya - Malaysia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Get to know our Team

The Team you will be working in owns the first handshake between our passengers and their journey to book a ride. We build the core transport booking experience - working on high throughput real-time distributed systems that use machine learning to solve hundreds of millions of requests per day.

Get to know the Role

As a Senior Fullstack Engineer youll work on critical backend services that are used by Grab users to book a ride while also crafting intuitive web experiences for both passengers and internal stakeholders.

You will report to the Software Engineering Manager II. This is an onsite role and our office is based in Petaling Jaya Malaysia.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

Feature Delivery & Technical Execution
- Lead Feature Development: You will proactively take ownership of the end-to-end implementation of new high-impact features. This includes designing the schema building the backend services and crafting the frontend experience.
- Write Production-Ready Code: You will write clean reusable and testable code.

Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Drive the RFC Process: Proactively identify architectural bottlenecks and lead the Request for Comments (RFC) process to steer the team toward long-term scalability.
- Raise the Bar: Lead code and design reviews with a quality-first mindset. You will proactively mentor junior engineers not by fixing their code but by teaching them how to think like architects.
- On-Call Excellence: Act as a guardian of our microservices. During on-call rotations you will advocate for and implement permanent fixes to silence the noise.

Product & Cross-functional Collaboration
- Challenge & Contribute: Work with Product Design and Analytics to scrutinize requirements to ensure maximum product impact. You will proactively suggest technical trade-offs that could deliver 80% of the value with 20% of the complexity.
- Bridge the Silos: Collaborate with Android iOS and ML teams to ensure our APIs are optimized.

Qualifications :

The Must-Haves

5 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on fullstack development
Proven track record of building and scaling distributed systems in a high-growth environment.
Deep expertise in backend languages (preferably Go) and modern frontend frameworks (React).
A Product Engineer mindset which makes you care as much about the users Latency to Book as you do about the cleanliness of the code.
The ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders clearly and persuasively.
Solid understanding of database technologies including MySQL and NoSQL databases like AWS DynamoDB
You proactively automate CI/CD pipelines and regression testing to ensure that high-quality code reaches production faster and safer.
A disciplined approach to quality. You are proficient in the Testing Pyramidfrom lightning-fast unit tests to comprehensive integration and end-to-end (E2E) suites.

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 lifes challenges.

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 religion age gender family commitments physical and mental impairments or disabilities and other attributes that make them unique.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Get to know our TeamThe Team you will be working in owns the first handshake between our passengers and their journey to book a ride. We build the core transport booking experience - working on high throughput real-time distributed systems that use machine learning to solve hundreds of millions of r...

Get to know our Team

Get to know the Role

You will report to the Software Engineering Manager II. This is an onsite role and our office is based in Petaling Jaya Malaysia.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

Feature Delivery & Technical Execution
- Lead Feature Development: You will proactively take ownership of the end-to-end implementation of new high-impact features. This includes designing the schema building the backend services and crafting the frontend experience.
- Write Production-Ready Code: You will write clean reusable and testable code.

Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Drive the RFC Process: Proactively identify architectural bottlenecks and lead the Request for Comments (RFC) process to steer the team toward long-term scalability.
- Raise the Bar: Lead code and design reviews with a quality-first mindset. You will proactively mentor junior engineers not by fixing their code but by teaching them how to think like architects.
- On-Call Excellence: Act as a guardian of our microservices. During on-call rotations you will advocate for and implement permanent fixes to silence the noise.

Product & Cross-functional Collaboration
- Challenge & Contribute: Work with Product Design and Analytics to scrutinize requirements to ensure maximum product impact. You will proactively suggest technical trade-offs that could deliver 80% of the value with 20% of the complexity.
- Bridge the Silos: Collaborate with Android iOS and ML teams to ensure our APIs are optimized.

Qualifications :

The Must-Haves

5 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on fullstack development
Proven track record of building and scaling distributed systems in a high-growth environment.
Deep expertise in backend languages (preferably Go) and modern frontend frameworks (React).
A Product Engineer mindset which makes you care as much about the users Latency to Book as you do about the cleanliness of the code.
The ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders clearly and persuasively.
Solid understanding of database technologies including MySQL and NoSQL databases like AWS DynamoDB
You proactively automate CI/CD pipelines and regression testing to ensure that high-quality code reaches production faster and safer.
A disciplined approach to quality. You are proficient in the Testing Pyramidfrom lightning-fast unit tests to comprehensive integration and end-to-end (E2E) suites.

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 lifes challenges.

What we stand for at Grab

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

Spring
.NET
C/C++
Go
React
OOP
C#
AWS
Data Structures
Software Development
Java
Distributed Systems

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