Software Engineer, Backend - Geo

• Company Grab
• No. of Openings 10+
• Salary Not Disclosed
• Work Type on-site

Job Description :

Get to know our Team:

Processing millions of bookings a day and billions of traffic data points per month, the prestigious Backend Engineering position is a very challenging but incredibly rewarding role where each new code that you string, push out and implement instantly impacts millions of people across Southeast Asia. As such, we are seeking talented & passionate backend engineers to join our team where you will not only get to work on our incredibly massive production scale, you will also be exposed to elegant products running on world-class technologies that bring our unique On-Demand Transport and Delivery experience to millions of people, anytime and anywhere. If you think you have what it takes along with the desire to impact lives and transform Southeast Asia, this is your opportunity.

Get to know the Role:

• Design and develop large scale distributed location-based services with high performance, high availability and elastic scalability to improve the efficiency and accuracy of Grab Geo service.
• Work with engineering, data science and product teams to explore and create new design / architectures geared towards high usability, stability and reliability under various business scenarios.
• Drive high-standard code and design review processes.
• Abstract insights from tremendous amounts of production data and iterate systems based on metrics.
• Work closely with the infrastructure team in building and scaling backend services as well as performing root cause analysis investigations, engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization.

Learning Objectives

• Familiarise with engineering end to end workflow (design, coding, review, testing, deployment, monitor, iterate)
• Develop one aspect of GEO domain knowledge (e.g., routing, KNN query, etc)
• Develop soft skills on product or engineering specs presentation

The must-haves:

• Degree in Computer Science, Math, EE or similar field
• Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, system stability, performance and scaling
• Team player, eager to work in a global organization, strong oral and written communication skills
• Solid software engineering and coding skills. Experience in at least one programming language like Python, Go, Scala, Java, C++ or other is preferred.
• Self-motivated, curious, team-player, problem solver
• Detail-oriented and focused in a dynamic and fast-paced working environment

Get to know Grab:

Grab is more than just the leading ride-hailing and mobile payments platform in Southeast Asia.

We use data and technology to improve everything from transportation to payments across a region of more than 620 million people. Working with governments, drivers, passengers, and the community, we aim to unlock the true potential of the region by solving problems that hinder progress.

Grab began as a taxi-hailing app in 2012, but has extended its product platform to include private car services (GrabCar & GrabShare), motorcycle taxis (GrabBike), social carpooling (GrabHitch), on-demand everyday goods delivery service (GrabFood, GrabMart & GrabExpress), as well as a mobile payments services (GrabPay). We are focused on pioneering new commuting and payment alternatives for drivers and passengers with an emphasis on speed, safety, and reliability. Currently we offer services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar; however, we also have R&D offices in Singapore, Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, & Vietnam.

If you share our vision of driving South East Asia forward, apply to join our team today.