Software Engineering Manager II - FIRST-AID

Company Description

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.

About Grab and our workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp. We are dedicated to improving the lives of millions of users across the region by providing them everyday services such as deliveries, mobility, financial services, enterprise services and others. More than that, we provide the opportunity for them to have a better life. And that aspiration starts inside Grab because we believe in a seamless blend of work and home life, making every aspect of life better for all.

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—we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia. With our unwavering commitment to our values, we believe that we're more than a service provider; we're agents of positive change.

Job Description

Get to know the team

Come join Grab's FIRST-AID TechOps Development Team - we are on an exciting mission to empower all Grabbers to be the best version of themselves by growing a culture of continuous learning and feedback. We are looking for a Software Engineer Manager to take part of the FIRST-AID TechOps Development Team. You will be responsible for building, growing and leading a team of engineers focused on delivering high quality deliverables, spanning across multiple key internal services powering Grab’s internal operational processes. These services are key for Grab’s operational success.

Get to know the role

As a Software Engineering Manager with our Techops Development team, you'll be in the vanguard of innovation, ensuring our internal systems stay on the cutting edge. You'll cover the entire development lifecycle, from design to deployment, with a focus on high-quality code and performance. 

The Day-to-Day Activities

• Lead and coach a team of engineers across different tech stacks. This role requires a hands-on approach where you will still contribute to the codebase with your team.
• Partner with cross functional leaders across product, design, analytics to build the product roadmap, set customer focussed metrics and robust experiment designs
• Lead the quarterly planning and build a smooth execution plan with the team for securing the delivery of product and engineering roadmap
• Drive company-wide engineering initiatives by collaborating effectively with senior leaders across the company by communicating your ideas effectively and driving alignment with key stakeholders to create successful outcomes.
• Set the engineering strategy and engineering key result targets for the team, consistently raise the bar across testability, availability, security and code quality for your systems and modules
• Implement best practices, ensuring high-quality code and adhering to design, performance, security, and accessibility standards.
• Attract and retain senior engineering talent, actively mentor and develop engineering talent in the team and across Grab
• Keep your team staffing aligned with business needs and quickly pivot to changing needs

Qualifications

The Must-Haves

• 5+ years of engineering experience on web and backend technologies 
• Significant experience as a successful software engineer manager or tech lead
• Demonstrated experience in attracting and retaining key talent. Experience in mentoring engineers is critical for this role
• Possess excellent communication skills and can communicate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences effectively
• A cultural role model with a strong sense of humility and empathy, ready to roll up one’s sleeves to help the team achieve engineering excellence.

The Nice-To-Haves

• Hand-on experience in frontend frameworks such as ReactJS (preferred), Micro Frontends, and Webpack.
• Solid software engineering and coding skills. Experience in at least one backend language like Go, Scala, Java, C++, or others is required. You can be a good coder in any language but must be willing to work on Golang.
• Hands-on experience working with AWS infrastructure (Nice to have)
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB)
• Strong knowledge of software development best practices, including version control (Git), unit testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Additional Information

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. If you require accommodations to fully participate in the recruitment process, you are encouraged to include your request(s) when applying.

We deliver the greatest impact and ideas when we bring together diverse perspectives. It is what enables us to spread opportunities to Grabbers and our partners. It’s not a box-ticking exercise; it’s who we are.