Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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 the FundsCore Platform team at Grab - a dynamic team building a reliable platform to address challenging problems in the Payments domain. We are a team of engineers, designers, product managers, and operations. We innovate and collaborate to solve one of the most challenging problems: ensuring accurate settlement to large numbers of merchants. This role prefers you have certain Payments domain expertise or demonstrate quick-learning skills.
Get to Know the Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing engineering team in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In this role, you'll take ownership of designing and developing scalable backend systems that power our core products. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges, mentor junior engineers, and drive architectural innovations.
If you're passionate about building robust, efficient systems and thrive in a dynamic, inclusive environment, we'd love to hear from you.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable backend applications using modern technologies and best practices
Build and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices that support multiple client applications
Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while adhering to SOLID principles and clean architecture patterns
Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure code quality, share knowledge, and foster a culture of continuous improvement
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues with analytical rigor and attention to detail
Participate in system design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that shape our technical direction
Implement and maintain automated testing practices, including unit and integration tests, to ensure reliability
Optimize database queries and system performance to handle growing scale and user demands
Participate in on-call rotations to ensure service reliability and respond to production incidents with resilience and decisiveness
Mentor junior team members and contribute to their professional growth and development
Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an advanced degree. Good Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
5+ years of professional experience in backend software development.
Proficiency in Golang, with a deep understanding of its syntax, semantics, standard libraries, concurrency features, and experience in optimizing applications.
Experience with RDBMS technologies like MySQL and PostgreSQL, including expertise in database performance, query tuning, and reliability.
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, with knowledge in designing scalable, internet-scale microservices. Relevant certifications are a plus.
Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, along with experience in automating infrastructure.
Strong skills in development practices such as TDD, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery, utilizing tools like GIT, Jenkins, and unit testing frameworks.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, debugging, testing, refactoring, and code review.
Experience leveraging AI tools to improve production engineering workflows, including incident investigation, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and system design, with strong judgment in validating AI-generated recommendations.
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.
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.