Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

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Team

Engineering

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Location

Jakarta, Indonesia

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Job Type

Full-time

The role at a glance

Get to Know the Team

Come join the Consumer Experience (CX) Engineering team! We work on a diverse set of consumer problems. These problems span across core experiences that power the UX navigation and transaction funnels, search and discovery of content and services. They also cover the user lifecycle, including user growth, engagement, and loyalty. Additionally, they involve the critical platform mission of mobile application developer experience. We are on an exciting mission to connect consumers to Grab's marketplace by allowing them to discover and engage with Grab's services and partners.

Get to Know the Role

You will build high-quality systems that power end-to-end consumer journeys across the Grab app—from login to the home and activity experiences. You will promote AI-driven delivery, using AI-enabled engineering workflows to take well-defined requirements through planning, testing, debugging, and documentation to a review-ready merge request. You will ensure these workflows produce secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions while helping raise engineering standards across the team. You will report to the Engineering Manager. This is an on-site role based in Jakarta.

You will report to the Engineering Manager. This is an on-site role based in Jakarta.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Build, operate, and optimize scalable, high-availability fullstack services and Go backend systems.
• Leverage and validate AI-assisted tools to build secure, high-quality code and lead plans that boost team efficiency.
• Design scalable architectures, manage system performance and capacity, and resolve complex distributed system issues.
• Take end-to-end ownership of product outcomes, drive cross-functional alignment, and manage production incidents during on-call rotations.
• Elevate engineering standards through design/code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

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Skills you need

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, IT, or related field
• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Computer Science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, and system design).
• Critical ability to audit AI-generated code for security, correctness, and maintainability.
• Proven track record of leading AI-driven technical initiatives and raising engineering standards across teams.
• Proficiency in Go (or strong expertise in Java, C++, Scala, Rust, Python, Node.js, C# with a willingness to write Go).
• Modern Web Frameworks (React) using JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Distributed systems, large-scale web services, system internals, networking, performance tuning, and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering workflows (Copilot, LLM coding tools) to plan, write, test, and debug code.

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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

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.

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What’s it like to work at Grab?

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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.