Grab is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Backend in Indonesia to design, build, and maintain scalable services supporting its mobility, delivery, financial, or platform products. Requirements typically include strong experience with backend development, distributed systems, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and software engineering best practices. The candidate should be comfortable with languages such as Java, Go, Kotlin, or similar, and have experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring engineers. Expectations include setting engineering standards, improving system reliability and performance, collaborating with product and cross-functional teams, participating in architecture decisions, and delivering secure, high-quality software in an agile environment. Experience handling large-scale systems and a strong understanding of testing, observability, and production operations are valuable.
Grab is a Southeast Asian technology company headquartered in Singapore, operating across mobility, deliveries, digital payments, and financial services. Its platform serves consumers, drivers, merchants, and businesses in countries including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. In Indonesia, Grab is one of the largest digital platforms, offering ride-hailing, food and parcel delivery, online payments, and financial products. The company relies heavily on software, data, cloud infrastructure, and reliable operational systems to support millions of users and partners. Grab’s engineering teams work on high-scale products that must remain secure, responsive, and available across diverse markets. The company generally promotes collaborative, customer-focused working practices and provides opportunities to work on regional technology challenges, including marketplace optimization, payments, logistics, fraud prevention, and platform reliability.
Indonesia is an archipelago with major employment centers on Java, especially Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya. Jakarta offers the widest range of technology, finance, startup, and multinational opportunities, while Bali is popular with international residents but has a smaller formal technology market. Indonesian workplace culture is generally relationship-oriented, respectful of hierarchy, and collaborative; English is common in international companies, while Bahasa Indonesia is useful for daily life. Costs vary considerably: Jakarta is the main high-cost location, whereas cities outside Java can be more affordable. New arrivals should expect traffic, tropical weather, and a large expatriate community in major urban areas. Foreign employees normally need employer sponsorship and an appropriate work permit and stay visa; working on a tourist visa is not permitted. Relocation packages may cover visa processing, flights, temporary housing, or health insurance, so these should be confirmed with Grab before accepting an offer.
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