# Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack at Grab

> Design, build, deliver and operate secure, reliable software systems for your team's domain, and mentor junior engineers.

- Company: Grab (grab.com)
- Location: Petaling Jaya, , Malaysia
- Places: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Level: Lead
- Team: Automation and Platform Excellence (APEX)
- Reports to: Senior Software Engineering Manager
- Work mode: On site
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Grab/744000156250029-lead-software-engineer-fullstack
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/lead-software-engineer-fullstack-grab-kn7ftjfahnhh695bpjy90wzwbd8he7t1

## The posting

Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack
Grab · Petaling Jaya, , Malaysia

**Get to Know the Team**

Automation and Platform Excellence (APEX) aim to Deliver Joy and Excellence to Grab engineers by enabling a frictionless ecosystem, allowing focus on value-adding features for users in a fast and safe manner. Some folks and companies would recognise this as a "Platform Engineering Team", and that is what we do.

**Get to Know the Role**

When you're an engineer at Grab, you are part of the heart and soul of the company. Our passion is anchored in the work that we do, and this is reflected in the impact we make on millions of lives on a daily basis. Grab Engineering is empowered by creating amazing services and tools that serve millions of passengers, driving partners, and fellow Grabbers.

You will report to our Senior Software Engineering Manager, and you will based onsite in our Petaling Jaya office.

**The Critical Tasks You Will Perform**

- You will be a significant and autonomous contributor to your team who is trusted with designing, creating, delivering, and operating your team's software systems.
- You will be working on the systems within your team's domain, you take into account the appropriate architectural patterns, code design, and infrastructure options, ensuring that you deliver a system that is secure, reliable, maintainable, extensible and very well tested.
- You will be responsible for post deployment monitoring as well. Senior engineers will also look for opportunities to improve processes within one's own team.
- You will maintain a good partnership with your technical and non-technical stakeholders for projects that you are involved in.
- You will take an active role in your projects as a team member involved in product design to rollout, taking ownership of your work and constantly focusing on moving these projects forward.
- You will help the team grow and improve by mentoring junior members, introducing process improvements, and having a strong influence to the team roadmap to ensure maximal impact.

**What Essential Skills You Will Need**

- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience with the Python, Go, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience in writing extensible code for complex projects and pick the right abstractions that follow SOLID principles.
- Understand more complex data structures and algorithms, and recognizes when to use them.
- You can work on both web frontend and backend development with Python and Go.
- Experience with defect tracking tools and version control
- A good understanding of clean architecture principles
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures
- Experience with web frameworks such as React.js
- Experience with mentoring junior engineers and pushing for engineering excellence.

**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