Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Core
Develop backend services and APIs for Grab's superapp ecosystem (ride hailing, food delivery, gift cards) serving enterprise customers and employees.
Role type
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Golang)
Builds
Scalable backend services and APIs for mobile and web applications
Domain
Superapp / Ride-hailing & Food Delivery / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Golang, distributed systems, RDBMS (MySQL/PostgreSQL), cloud services (AWS/GCP), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD, observability, on-call incident management, code review, technical leadership
Preferred skills
AI tools and coding agents, Agile development, testable code architecture
Technologies
Golang, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, GCP, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
Responsibilities
Design and implement backend services and APIs; lead technical discussions and raise engineering standards; ensure system robustness and healthy deployment pipelines; debug and troubleshoot production incidents; review code and technical documents; collaborate with product/design/business teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities