Software Engineer, Backend - FinID
Get to Know the Team
FinID Engineering Team's goal is to build products and services to enable Grab to be safe and compliant in-accordance to regulatory requirements.
We are a distributed team spread across India, Singapore, Vietnam, and the USA. Our team has direct end-user contact, and influence on the consumers, drivers, merchants and thus, Grab.
Get to Know the Role
As part of the FinID Team, you will have opportunities to work on multiple backend services. You will also participate in consumer immersions, where you will talk directly to end-users, identifying their challenges and how we can help them in their work life.
This role is onsite based in our Petaling Jaya, Malaysia office and you will be reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
- You will use technology to solve well defined problems, building individual components or features based on well defined tasks.
- You will understand the requirements of your projects and use that understanding in your designs.
- You will understand your codebase and systems, ensuring reliability through design reviews, monitoring, and applying OE (Operational Excellence) standards.
- You will take ownership of your code and ensure it's readable, maintainable, and well-tested.
- You will understand and apply the appropriate data structures and algorithms.
- You will give clear, relevant feedback during code reviews and respond well to feedback from others.
- You will respond promptly to issues and keep the working team updated.
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- You have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- You have minimum of 2 years of experience writing clean code in any language (C++, C, Java, Scala, Python, Node.JS, C#), and willing to learn Golang.
- You have write extensible code for complex projects and, picking the right abstractions that follow SOLID principles.
- You have understand more complex data structures and algorithms, and recognize when to use them
- You have understanding of the clean architecture principles
- You have familiarity in developing services that serves HTTP Restful API
- Consume and publish messages from and to any stream platform like Kafka or Messaging platform like SQS
- Familiarity with any cloud services, e.g AWS
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Maven, GitLab
- Experience with a relational database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
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 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.
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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.
