Software Engineer, Backend - Fulfillment

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.

Get to Know the Team

The Fulfillment Tech team plays a key role in enabling seamless service across multiple businesses and marketplaces in Southeast Asia. The team builds and maintains high-throughput, real-time distributed systems capable of handling hundreds of millions of requests daily, leveraging advanced machine learning technologies. Its mission is to deliver best-in-class products and experiences for driver partners to drive higher adoption and engagement. The team also focuses on improving driver partner efficiency and earning opportunities to ensure reliable order fulfillment. In addition, we work on building efficient and sustainable marketplaces by optimizing pricing strategies that benefit both partners and customers.

Get to Know the Role

We're looking for a talented and driven Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing engineering team in Jakarta, Indonesia. In this role, you'll design, develop, and maintain robust backend services that power our platform and impact millions of users. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to build scalable, efficient systems while continuously innovating and improving our technical infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career, mentor teammates, and make a meaningful contribution to our mission.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will work with the product and design team to understand requirements, provide product feedback, own and implement the product from start to finish.
• You will drive and participate in technical discussions with other engineering teams.
• You will write code that is reusable, scalable and testable. Make sure products are delivered on time and with high quality.
• You will review code from other team members, provide constructive feedback and aim to raise the engineering bar.
• You will improve the codebase. Propose and set better engineering solutions for the team.
• You will be responsible and responsive during on-call duty. Debug and troubleshoot production issues.
• You will provide technical guidance, mentorship and knowledge sharing to peers.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in backend development with a strong architecture mindset
• Solid understanding of relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, including query optimization and data modeling
• Experience in Machine Learning / AI development or implementation is highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable, distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Strong knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies
• Proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git
• Familiarity with testing frameworks, quality assurance practices, and debugging techniques
• Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical mindset with attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams

 

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.