Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Grab

Role overview

Join the FundsCore Platform team at Grab - a dynamic team building a reliable platform to address challenging problems in the Payments domain. We are a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, product managers, and operations. We innovate and collaborate to solve one of the most challenging problems: enabling accurate settlement to large numbers of merchants. This role prefers you have certain Payments domain expertise or demonstrate quick-learning skills.

The work includes designing, building and maintaining one of our Payments Core (FundsCore) platforms which includes complex backend systems and data pipelines to meet both functional and non-functional requirements.

You will contribute to our Operational Excellence and mentoring juniors in the team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable software applications that meet business and non-functional requirements.
• Write clean, efficient, testable, and maintainable code to solve challenging problems in the Fintech domain.
• Collaborate with other teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Contribute to code reviews to maintain code quality, Maintain proper technical documentation, and facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues, providing fixes and implementing long-term sustainable solutions.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and the technical direction of projects.
• Maintain system reliability through observability practices and drive continuous improvements in Operational Excellence; Contribute to On-Call rotations is mandatory.
• Provide DevOps Help with to the team to Maintain system health and performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns, encouraging a culture of learning and improvement.
• Stay current with latest industry trends and technologies; leverage Generative AI tools to improve productivity and convert to outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant software development experience in proficiency in one or more major programming languages such as Golang (preferred), Java, or demonstrated Able to quickly acquire necessary skills.
• Good Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures, and know when and how to apply them effectively.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• The Able to address not only happy path scenarios but also handle edge cases and unhappy paths.
• Experience employing AI tools to significantly improve project delivery.
• Solid understanding of clean architecture principles, data-driven application design, and large-scale data processing.
• Proven experience building large-scale distributed systems utilizing DBMS, caching solutions, NoSQL databases, and application servers (RESTful and gRPC) while ensuring data consistency.
• Hands-on experience in microservices architecture, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), and DevOps practices.
• Operational and compliance excellence – proven Able to Build solutions that meet requirements for Observability, SLAs, Security, Data Governance, and Regulatory compliance.
• Able to write efficient, extensible, and thoroughly tested code for complex projects, selecting appropriate abstractions that adhere to SOLID principles.
• Able to write effective design documents and maintain up-to-date documentation (e.g., runbooks).
• Proven experience or solid knowledge about Fintech and Payments is preferred. Working knowledge about Settlement and Reconciliation is a bonus.

Technology in this role

• Java: 5+ years of relevant software development experience in proficiency in one or more major programming languages such as Golang (preferred), Java, or demonstrated Able to quickly acquire necessary .
• AWS: Hands-on experience in microservices architecture, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), and DevOps .
• Golang: 5+ years of relevant software development experience in proficiency in one or more major programming languages such as Golang (preferred), Java, or demonstrated Able to quickly acquire necessary .
• gRPC: Proven experience building large-scale distributed systems utilizing DBMS, caching solutions, NoSQL databases, and application servers (RESTful and gRPC) while ensuring data .

Role-specific candidate guide

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Understanding the scope. This Senior Software Engineer, Backend position at Grab is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Join the FundsCore Platform team at Grab - a dynamic team building a reliable platform to address challenging problems in the Payments domain. We are a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, product managers,…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer.
• We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and Carry out at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.
• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave.
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours.

About Grab

Grab operates digital services across Southeast Asia. Its engineering teams build products and internal platforms used across the business.

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