Senior Engineering Manager, Defence
Core
Lead the engineering organization to strengthen and scale GrabDefence's fraud-prevention services, modernizing critical backend capabilities for Grab's digital banking businesses and partners.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Backend/Fraud Prevention)
Builds
Scalable, resilient backend services and fraud-prevention platforms
Domain
Financial Technology (Fraud Prevention, Digital Banking, AML, eKYC)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering leadership at scale, distributed systems architecture, platform modernization, operational excellence (SRE/observability), security and risk management, cross-functional strategy, talent development
Preferred skills
Fraud prevention domain expertise, payments/banking experience, AML/identity verification knowledge
Technologies
Microservices, event-driven architectures, CI/CD, automated testing, observability tools
Responsibilities
Define technical strategy and roadmap for fraud-prevention services; manage and coach Engineering Managers and senior ICs; raise standards for backend architecture, security, and maintainability; partner with Product, Data Science, and Risk stakeholders to translate needs into engineering priorities; ensure operational health, availability, and cost efficiency of backend services
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
