Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Lead Software Engineer, Backend

• Team Engineering
• Location Bangalore, India
• Job Type Full-time

The role at a glance

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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 to serve both consumers and partners, and you'll create an impact that will reach massive scale. We value 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 main problem areas, influence architecture across services, and partner 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 systems that improve availability, scalability, latency, and overall performance.
• Write high-quality Go code and guide others toward engineering practices through design and code reviews.
• Guide architectural improvements across Payments, partnering with engineers across teams to build systems that scale with growing demand.
• Work 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.

Read more Skills you need

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

Read more What we offer

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.

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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.

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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.

“ ” Gaurav KumarSoftware Engineering Manager II

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.

“ ” Zou YunEngineering Manager

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.

“ ” Akanksha ValechaEngineering Manager II, Fullstack

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.

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