Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Business Platform
Get to Know the Team
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Business Platform team in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Business Platform powers the backend capabilities that enable businesses and enterprises to onboard, operate, grow, and serve consumers at scale across Southeast Asia.
Get to Know the Role
In this role, you will design, build, and evolve backend platform services that manage business profiles, store metadata, business configuration, and related operational workflows. You'll work on systems that sit close to the source of truth for business data and workflows—systems that directly influence how businesses set up their operations, how internal teams operate reliably, and how downstream products consume trusted business information. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong ownership, system design thinking, and a commitment to building platforms that simplify complexity rather than spread it around. This is an onsite role based in Jakarta.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
- Lead the architectural design of microservices, high-throughput APIs, and data storage solutions built to handle scale and high availability.
- Diagnose high-stakes performance bottlenecks, refactor core infrastructure, and ensure low latency across distributed systems.
- Own end-to-end delivery of mission-critical systems—from writing technical design documents (TDDs) and scoping projects to deploying and maintaining production features.
- Drive code quality across the team through high-bar code reviews, system reliability standards, and technical mentorship of mid/junior engineers.
- Oversee cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), automated CI/CD pipelines, security protocols, and robust incident management/observability to guarantee strict SLAs.
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- 5+ years in backend/platform engineering with high-scale production systems.
- Strong proficiency in Go, Java, or Kotlin.
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, microservices, APIs, data modeling, and eventual consistency.
- Tech Stack: Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, caching, and observability.
- Data & Messaging: SQL/NoSQL databases, event-driven architectures, and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
- Core Competencies: Strong problem-solving and communication skills; version control (Git) proficiency. SaaS or e-commerce domain experience, mentoring junior engineers.
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.
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.
- Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours
What We Stand For At Grab
We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.
Meet the Engineering team
From software developers to security specialists, our people thrive on experimenting with fresh ideas and implementing them for users. Solve real-world problems, find purpose in your work and work across borders to help drive Southeast Asia forward.
Engineering at Grab is synonymous with holding yourself accountable for impacting the lives of millions of partners, be it drivers, passengers or merchants. Every line of code can have a big positive or negative impact on our consumers, which is why every little change requires thorough thought processes and a deep understanding of systems and scale.
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Learning within the Engineering team never stops, especially with the sponsored learning resources. You need to stay curious and be willing to take ownership to join and succeed in the team.
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Everybody at Grab understands the necessity of balance. We all believe that what we’re doing here is important, we’re genuinely changing people’s lives for the better, but we also understand that this shouldn’t come at the cost of your personal life.
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The Application Process
What can you expect when you apply for a role at Grab? Here’s what our hiring process looks like.
Step 1: Apply.
We have a range of open roles from Marketing to Engineering and everything in between. Find the one that’s best for you and show us why you’re our next teammate.
Step 2: Getting to know you.
Next, you’ll have a video or phone interview with one of our recruiters to chat about you, the role, and your past work experiences.
Step 3: Testing, testing… 123.
Some roles might require assessments and/or a technical competency interview. For other roles, there might be an additional interview – speak with your recruiter for application details.
Step 4: Is it a culture match?
Finally, we’ll find out how we fit together, if your career vision aligns with our mission, how you embody the 4 H's, and your working style and personality.
