Senior Backend & Reliability Engineer
Core
Design, build, and operate high-throughput, real-time distributed systems for the ride-hailing module in the Grab app, balancing new backend capabilities with reliability engineering.
Role type
Senior Backend & Reliability Engineer (Site Reliability Engineering)
Builds
Ride-hailing booking systems and reliability infrastructure for Grab's Mobility team
Domain
Ride-hailing / Transportation / Distributed Systems
Required skills
Go, C++, Python, distributed systems design, relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL), NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra), observability (metrics, logs, traces), reliability practices (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets), cloud infrastructure (AWS), CI/CD, containers
Preferred skills
Mentorship, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
AWS, Go, C++, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Kubernetes, Docker
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable backend systems; improve reliability, observability, and operational readiness; triage and fix complex production issues; mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
