Grab
Technology
SoftwareEngineer,Backend
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.
“Software Engineer, Backend at Grab. Skills: Cloud engineering, System design, Infrastructure automation. Design Go services. Write Go services”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Debugging; Troubleshooting
On-call shift
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Degree in Computer Science, 3+ years software engineering, Golang experience, Good CS fundamentals, Familiarity with systems internals, Familiarity with networking, Experience developing distributed systems
Nice to Have
Expert knowledge in databases, Experience mentoring junior developers, Demonstrate product thinking
What You'll Do.
Create new architectures
Participate in code reviews
Participate in design reviews
Participate in capacity planning
Participate in demand planning
Perform software analysis
Tune software performance
Optimize software performance
Collaborate with product teams
Define feature specifications
Prototype feature specifications
Work with infrastructure team
Build backend services
Scale backend services
Perform root cause analysis
Develop large-scale systems
Analyze large-scale systems
Fix large-scale systems
Debug production incidents
Solve production incidents
Participate in interview loops
Provide technical guidance
Share knowledge with peers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Engineering team; Product teams; Infrastructure team; Fulfilment tech family
Full Job 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. Get to know the team The Fulfillment tech family is one of the pillars allowing Grab to out-serve our customers and partners in different businesses and marketplaces across Southeast Asia. We are working on high throughput, real-time distributed systems that use advanced software engineering techniques to solve hundreds of millions of requests per day. We are a distributed team in 5 different locations: Singapore, Beijing, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Romania. You will be reporting to the Senior Software Engineering Manager, Fulfilment. Our mission is to offer the best products and experiences to our driver partners as to increase adoption and engagement of our services. Improve driver partner opportunities and efficiency to fulfill customer orders without fail, rain or shine. And to create efficient marketplaces by determining an price that is both sustainable and loved by our partners Get to know the role We are looking for a Software Engineer, Backend to join our Fulfilment Platform Engineering Team. We are looking for a candidate with experience in cloud engineering, system design and architecture, and infrastructure automation and integration, always delivers high-quality code, and is willing to guide junior engineers. This role is required because we are revamping our operational fundamentals to improve the automation and efficiency of market operations. In return, you will work with a great team on complex architectures and business. This role is onsite based in our Petaling Jaya, Malaysia office. The C
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