Grab

Overview of job

About Grab and our workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp. We are dedicated to improving the lives of millions of users across the region by providing them everyday services such as deliveries, mobility, financial services, enterprise services and others. More than that, we provide the opportunity for them to have a better life. And that aspiration starts inside Grab because we believe in a seamless blend of work and home life, making every aspect of life better for all.

Guided by The Grab Way, which spells out our mission, how we believe we can achieve it, and our operating principles—the 4Hs: Heart, Hunger, Honour and Humility—we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia. With our unwavering commitment to our values, we believe that we're more than a service provider; we're agents of positive change.

Get to know our Team: 

Unified Configuration Management (UCM) is a critical service at Grab for centrally managing configurations for backend services. It offers a standardized approach to handle configurations across diverse services and supports a template structure and hierarchical configuration, reducing configuration duplication across environments. UCM's design allows developers to build and maintain configurations with minimal effort.

Get to know the Role: 

As a Lead Backend Engineer on the UCM team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining a seamless, robust, and efficient system. You will lead and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring that all APIs, databases, and integrations with other systems function smoothly and efficiently. Your leadership will be crucial in driving the team toward achieving high performance and reliability standards.

The day-to-day activities:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of key components of the UCM system, including the SDK, CI/CD pipelines, daemons, and UCM UI.
• Mentor and guide a team of backend engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Collect and analyze user feedback, identify areas for improvement, and prioritize feature development accordingly.
• Implement and enforce best practices for web development, ensuring high-quality code and adherence to performance, security, and accessibility standards.
• Proactively identify and troubleshoot issues, implement fixes, and ensure portal stability and performance.

The must-haves:

• Minimum 5 years of backend programming experience
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services, preferably with AWS architecture certification.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with Golang.
• strong sense of ownership and responsibility for the systems that you work on.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Tech stacks: Golang, MySQL, AWS