Lead Software Engineer, Backend (Security)

Life at Grab

At Grab, every Grabber is guided by The Grab Way, which spells out our mission, how we believe we can achieve it, and our operating principles - the 4Hs: Heart, Hunger, Honour and Humility. These principles guide and help us make decisions as we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia.

Get to know the team

As an engineer at Grab, you are at the core of the company's mission and spirit. Our passion shines through the work we do, driving a meaningful impact on millions of lives every day. We take pride in building exceptional services and tools that support millions of passengers, driver-partners, and colleagues across the organization.

You will join a team dedicated to ensuring the security of our code and infrastructure, a responsibility that spans one of the largest deployments in the region.

Get to know the role

We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join our Security Engineering Team. We believe a successful candidate has cloud engineering, system design and architecture, infrastructure automation, integration, and development skills, but if you believe you have what it takes then we’d love to hear from you either way. This role is required because we are expanding our regional infrastructure security capabilities. In return, you will get an opportunity to work with a great team working on complex architectures and managing cloud security of one of the largest cloud deployments in the region.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

1. Design, implement, and maintain a secure and reliable code and infrastructure platform for delivering Grab Services.
2. Lead medium to complex projects independently with minimal supervision. This includes defining technical designs and solutions, adhering to best coding practices, writing comprehensive test cases, and addressing non-functional requirements for the projects.
3. Improve, maintain and operate security toolings such as EDR, CNAPP, Vulnerability scanners and Code Security Scanners.
4. Develop security automation solutions to enhance efficiency and scalability.
5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and CI/CD pipelines.
6. Own and ensure that internal and external SLA’s meet and exceed expectations, Security Engineering centric KPIs are continuously monitored and improved.
7. Participate in on-call rotation to provide infrastructure support, incident management, and troubleshooting.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

1. Proven experience in designing, building and securing production systems/applications on any public cloud services (AWS, Azure or GCP).
2. Strong programming skills in one of the languages (preferably GoLang or Python).
3. Good communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Life at Grab

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

1. We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
2. With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
3. 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.
4. We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
5. 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.

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