Lead Software Engineer, Scribe
Core
Technical Lead for Grab's in-house Clickstream Intelligence Platform (Scribe), responsible for backend architecture, data ingestion, streaming pipelines, and governing clickstream data layers at petabyte scale.
Role type
Senior IC technical lead / architect
Builds
High-throughput ingestion gateways, streaming pipelines (Kafka, Flink), data lakes (Iceberg, Delta Lake), and self-serve funnel analytics tools.
Domain
Fintech / Superapp / Real-time data infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Python, large-scale backend systems, streaming systems (Kafka, Flink), data schema governance, cloud cost optimization, AWS, system architecture, team mentorship (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000152588579-lead-software-engineer-scribe-at-grab)
Preferred skills
Apache Spark, Iceberg, Delta Lake, LLM agents for engineering workflows, CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes, mobile analytics instrumentation
Responsibilities
Own architecture and roadmap for ingestion, streaming, and data-lake pipelines; lead Project MEGA for typed specs and agent-driven migration; design governed clickstream data layer; run platform cost programme; write RFCs and drive technical decisions; own operational excellence and incident response; lead and grow engineering team
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
