Software Engineering Manager II

About Grab Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From delivering meals to managing finances and transportation, we empower communities with technology and AI to drive economic growth.

Company Description Grab is a superapp that delivers meals, manages finances, and facilitates travel, all while aspiring to economically empower everyone with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Job Description We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our team in Jakarta, Indonesia. This role focuses on improving strategic product and technology initiatives in financial services, partnering with engineering, product, and business teams to shape Grab's financial services direction and drive growth.

Get to Know the Role As an Engineering Manager, you will improve strategic product and technology initiatives in financial services, execute the technical strategy in partnership with engineering, product, and business teams, and lead your engineering team. This role offers a chance to shape Grab's financial services direction and impact our growth in this space. Reporting to the Senior Engineer Manager, you will be based in our Jakarta Office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

Lead a platform-focused team of backend, full‑stack, and QA engineers, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Participate in code and technical design reviews to maintain high development standards.

Champion engineering excellence (e.g., tools, best practices, industry trends) within and beyond your immediate team.

Build and deliver quarterly/half‑yearly team roadmaps, partnering with other functions across product, design, analytics, and business.

Manage daily project execution, including engineering capacity allocation and task commitments across planning cycles and sprints.

Define strategy and targets to improve system capabilities and quality (e.g., reliability, security, and extensibility).

Work with other engineering and cross‑functional leaders to solve complex interdependent projects across Grab.

Collaborate with the Operations/Support team to ensure smooth system integrations with third‑party vendors.

Analyze data and reports to quantitatively evaluate and enhance platform excellence (e.g., uptime, latency, and correctness).

Grow engineering talent through mentoring, career planning, and facilitation.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

5+ years of backend development experience

3+ years of engineering management experience, showcasing leadership, mentoring, and hands‑on tech solutioning

Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Go, Python, and Java

In‑depth knowledge of scalable backend architecture, distributed systems, and development best practices

Experience with database design in relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL

Experience deploying code in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments

Expertise in version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins)

Experience with Agile methodologies and leading Agile development teams

Life at Grab

Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance

GrabFlex to customize your benefits package

Parental and Birthday leave plus Lassa volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme for personal and professional support

FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For 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.

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