Lead Software Engineer, Backend

10 - 15 years

35 - 40 Lacs

Posted:2 days ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Join our engineering team at Grab, where your work sits at the heart of how millions of people experience payments every day. Were passionate about building and improving our Payments SDK, which powers core capabilities like adding payment methods, listing, transactions, and more. Youll help shape features to serve both consumers and partners, and youll create an impact that will reach massive scale. We value technical thinking, curiosity, and people who bring new perspectives to one of Southeast Asias most widely used apps.

Get to know the role

Were looking for a Lead Software Engineer who can drive technical direction, guide engineers, and deliver reliable and scalable systems for Grabs payments ecosystem. Youll take ownership of main problem areas, influence architecture across services, and partner with engineering, product, and design teams. You will be reporting to an Engineering Manager.

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What You Will Lead and Deliver

  • Set technical direction for backend services and lead the design of systems that improve availability, scalability, latency, and overall performance.
  • Write high-quality Go code and guide others toward engineering practices through design and code reviews.
  • Guide architectural improvements across Payments, partnering with engineers across teams to build systems that scale with growing demand.
  • Work with infrastructure teams to evolve service foundations, improve observability, and ensure smooth rollout of new capabilities.
  • Mentor engineers, help them grow in technical depth, and create a healthy, collaborative engineering environment.
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to shape features, validate assumptions, and build reliable user-facing experiences.
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Skills you need
  • Bring 10 years of experience in a relevant field, with payments domain experience.
  • Build backend systems, including DBMS, caches, NoSQL, and app servers.
  • You will use your proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Java or Golang, while applying knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
  • You will demonstrate proactivity, creativity, and a ability to balance the needs of product, engineering, and business.
  • You will use your experience with distributed systems to build scalable and reliable solutions.
  • Add value with your experience in building consumer-facing products.
  • Contribute your knowledge of developing OLTP systems and performance.
  • Experience deploying code in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments
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What we offer

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asias leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, weve got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

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Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

  • 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 lifes challenges.

What we stand for at Grab

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Technology / Transportation / Fintech

Singapore

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