Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Come join the team that literally serves Grab - Grab's Sentry team. The systems we oversee process billions of network messages for Grab's consumers every day, without fail. We work closely with the infrastructure, security, and product teams, and are seeking talented engineers to join our platform team!

You specialize in building, operating and maintaining leading edge solutions that Just Work™. Built on world-class technology stacks, the software you develop brings our unique on-demand services experience to South-East Asia every day — be it transport, payments, food, or "the awesome things to come". Millions of people depend on the stability and efficiency your solutions provide, which is demanding in terms of design and quality but also incredibly rewarding.

You will:

• build and own Grab's gateway systems, connecting millions of consumer devices with hundreds of backend services via Grab's service mesh.
• work at Grab's Viet Nam headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, closely integrated with software engineering and product teams to help build rock-solid and secure solutions with the right interface, technology and practices.
• be at home in a HA cloud environment and build scalable, zero-downtime network traffic routing and analytics solutions for Grab's "public edge", serving billions of daily requests from millions of Grab consumers and partners every day

Your daily routine:

• independently drive projects across teams end to end, from inception to rollout
• find and troubleshoot issues in Grab's entire infrastructure and code base
• develop, maintain, and operate control- and data-plane components, and resolve production incidents
• implement quality solutions using Kubernetes, Go and C/C++, and maintain the high bar of standards for code reviews and deployment processes. You mentor peers and promote development and operational excellence best practices while achieving excellent user experience

Your experience:

• have a very good understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP and the internet
• are an expert in at least one of Assembly, C, C#, C++, Go, Java, Pascal
• know how and had built highly-available distributed systems
• front-end experience is the plus.
• are fluent in Bash, Python, and JavaScript, and have an understanding of common patterns and algorithms to confidently navigate 3rd-party code bases for debugging and troubleshooting
• led complex project with multiple technical challenges related to various stakeholders.
• proposed and led implementation of impactful projects from end to end.

Your advantage:

• HTTP/2. QUIC, and gRPC expertise
• dealing with massive concurrency and designing resilient algorithms
• experience with building monitoring and alerting systems
• hands-on experience with Terraform and large scale Docker / Kubernetes deployments
• experience with Consul and/or Envoy (envoyproxy.io), their code base, and their community
• experience in a startup

Life at Grab:

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

• attractive monthly allowance to support your internship journey
• working laptop and necessary software tools will be provided
• hands-on experience with mentorship and training opportunities from Grab's leaders and senior members
• explore potential full-time employment opportunities within the company, depending on business needs and intern qualifications

What We Stand For At Grab:

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform 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