Senior Software Engineer

Job description

Get to Know the Team The Streaming Data team (aka "Coban") strives to enable seamless and secure real-time access to the continuous events or "streams", serving as Grab's unified, common access pattern for real-time data. We build the platform for writing, consuming, enriching and retrieving real-time data, and provide a cost-effective, fully managed "NoOps" service for all product teams to leverage. Get to know the team The functional areas this team covers are streaming (Kafka/AutoMQ), in-house streaming SDK, stream processing framework (Flink, Flink SQL, Kafka Connect), Change Data Capture, stream exploration (Zeppelin, Flink SQL Gateway), as well as an in-house control plane for tenancy and resource management. Our customers are engineers, analysts, and data scientists at Grab (across all verticals like Transport, Deliveries, Geo, Ads, and various Fintech verticals), who leverage realtime data for state machines, pub/sub architectures, insights and reporting, forecasting and anomaly detection, as well as online feature engineering. The team is responsible for mission critical systems and clusters that ingest and process 10s of TB of data every hour and make streaming data simple, convenient and reliabily for engineers across Grab to use. Get to Know the Role Senior Engineers are expected to be significant and autonomous contributors to their team, trusted with designing, shipping, operating and monitoring software systems in a consistently high-quality manner. You would work on the Golang components of the team, such as our in-house streaming SDK, control planes, etc , considering the appropriate architectural patterns, code design, and infrastructure options, ensuring that you deliver a secure, reliable, testable, maintainable, extensible, and well-tested system. You will report to the Engineering Manager II and will work onsite at CMC Creative Space, Tan Hung ward, HCMC The Critical Tasks You Will Perform Work with a team of cross functional engineers to make Data Streaming and Stream Processing easy and reliably across Grab, primarily via self-served capabilities baked in our control plane and streaming SDK. Write go code that is well tested across the test pyramid/trophy (unit, integration, end-to-end) and can be maintained by a cross functional team. Implement and drive large-scale technical initiatives, ensuring seamless platform evolution across the organization Weigh in on design questions around platformization, infrastructure, observability and security, and work closely with (and build over the platforms provided by) our infrastructure team. Participate in and evolve on-call and incident response procedures for the team. What Essential Skills You Will Need 4+ years of experience in software engineering. Hands-on proficiency with at least one programming language (preferably Golang) Effective communication in written and spoken English. You are excited to learn new programming languages and apply new technologies. The Nice-to-haves Experience with Kafka, MySQL, Spark, Temporal, Saga patterns. Experience with Flink, Kafka Connect, Kubernetes, Gitlab CI, AWS, Terraform. 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. 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.