Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Petaling Jaya, my💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-17 → 2026-10-07

Core

Building, operating, and maintaining high-scale gateway systems and network traffic routing solutions for Grab's public edge, serving billions of daily requests. (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000138252125-lead-software-engineer-backend-at-grab)

Role type

Lead Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure)

Builds

Scalable, zero-downtime network traffic routing and analytics solutions for Grab's public edge

Domain

Internet infrastructure, distributed systems, Southeast Asia superapp

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

TCP/IP, HTTP, Internet protocols, distributed systems design, Kubernetes, Go, C/C++, Bash, Python, JavaScript, troubleshooting infrastructure and codebase, leading end-to-end projects, AI/LLM technologies, agentic workflows, SDLC automation

Preferred skills

HTTP/2, QUIC, gRPC, massive concurrency handling, scalable algorithms, monitoring and alerting systems, Terraform, Docker, Consul, Envoy, startup environment experience

About Grab

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.