Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Join Grab's engineering team to lead the technical direction and guide engineers in building reliable and scalable systems for Grab's payments ecosystem. This role involves taking ownership of key problem areas, influencing architecture across services, and collaborating with engineering, product, and design teams. You will focus on improving availability, scalability, latency, and overall performance of backend services, primarily using Go.

Must Have

• Set technical direction for backend services
• Lead the design of high-impact systems that improve availability, scalability, latency, and overall performance
• Write high-quality Go code
• Guide others toward strong engineering practices through consistent design and code reviews
• Drive architectural improvements across Payments
• Work closely 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
• 10 years of experience in a relevant field, with payments domain experience
• Ability to build robust backend systems, including DBMS, caches, NoSQL, and app servers
• Proficiency in Java or Golang
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures, algorithms, and operating systems
• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience in building consumer-facing products
• Knowledge of developing OLTP systems and performance
• Experience deploying code in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments

Perks & Benefits

• Term Life Insurance
• comprehensive Medical Insurance
• GrabFlex (customizable benefits package)
• Parental leave
• Birthday leave
• Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• confidential Grabber Assistance Programme

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've 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.

Job Description

Get to know the team

Join our engineering team at Grab, where your work sits at the heart of how millions of people experience payments every day. We're passionate about building and improving our Payments SDK, which powers core capabilities like adding payment methods, listing, transactions, and more. You'll help shape features used by both consumers and partners, and the impact of your work will be felt at massive scale. We value strong technical thinking, curiosity, and people who bring new perspectives to one of Southeast Asia's most widely used apps.

Get to know the role

We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer who can drive technical direction, guide engineers, and deliver reliable and scalable systems for Grab's payments ecosystem. You'll take ownership of key problem areas, influence architecture across services, and partner closely with engineering, product, and design teams. You will be reporting to an Engineering Manager.

Workplace Type: Onsite at our Bangalore office

What You Will Lead and Deliver

• Set technical direction for backend services and lead the design of high-impact systems that improve availability, scalability, latency, and overall performance.
• Write high-quality Go code and guide others toward strong engineering practices through consistent design and code reviews.
• Drive architectural improvements across Payments, partnering with engineers across teams to build systems that scale with growing demand.
• Work closely 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.

Qualifications

• Bring 10 years of experience in a relevant field, with payments domain experience.
• Build robust 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 strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
• You will demonstrate proactivity, creativity, and a keen 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

Additional Information

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 life's challenges.

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.