Engineering Manager II (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

The Demand Experiences team's mission is to help consumers enjoy maximum value through engaging and relevant offers, while driving sustainable growth for merchant partners, Grab, and multiple business products. We engineer platforms used by all business verticals in Grab to use our vast reward and promo capabilities. Our products are enjoyed by millions of consumers and our systems are among the most used in Grab, being involved in every transaction made. Our team members are in Indonesia and Singapore.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager II to join our engineering team in Jakarta, Indonesia. You will lead a team of engineers while driving innovation in our demand solution. You will report to the Head of Engineering, and work on-site in our Jakarta office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Oversee the development of Demand team's services to enhance availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency
• Lead and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering team
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with organizational objectives
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources while implementing best practices in software development
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Design, build, and analyze large-scale systems, collaborating with the infrastructure team for scaling and root cause analysis
• Stay updated on industry trends, participate in strategic planning, and ensure compliance with regulations and company policies.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Min. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or Master's degree would be an added value.
• Solid foundation in computer science, with expertise in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering principles.
• Min. 7 years of professional experience in software engineering, with hands-on coding skills and an understanding of scalable architectures, microservices, and mobile technology.
• Experienced in using Golang with Redis, MySQL, DynamoDB, and Elasticsearch data stores.
• We use GitLab for our code repository and we follow the basic Continuous Delivery tenets using a host of tools to support our release pipeline and code quality. These include GitLab CI, DataDog, Kibana.

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 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.