Engineering Manager II, Payments
Job Description
Get to Know the Team
At Grab Financial Group (GrabFin), we're building the future of payments in Southeast Asia. As Engineering Manager, you will lead an engineering team to work closely with other stakeholders in the organization, e.g., Product Managers, Business Lead, Operations, to solve the reconciliation platform problems at our core payment systems and to provide top-notch reconciliation platform capabilities to our users. This role requires you to have Payments and Finance domain knowledge, solid technical skills, strategic guidance, technical leadership and people management skills.
Get to Know the Role
You will lead an engineering team consisting of software engineers and QAs (SET), responsible for designing, building, and operating our Central Reconciliation Platform for our Fintech foundations. Our solutions are mission-critical, operating 24/7 in some of the most dynamic and diverse markets in the world. Reliability, security, compliance, and speed are not optional – they are the baseline.
You will report to a Senior Engineering Manager and work onsite at Grab Singapore office at One-North.
Work type: Grab has 5-day in office working.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
• Lead the planning and execution of product and engineering strategy and roadmap. Ensure alignment with business goals and changing priorities. Drive cycle planning and team OKRs to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Embrace "platformization" – creating reusable, scalable capabilities that serve multiple markets and meet future business goals.
• Own operational excellence and platform efficiency. Participating in On-Call rotations is mandatory.
• Improve high for engineering standards and culture, fostering ownership, skillfulness, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive initiatives to improve the team's software development lifecycle, with a focus on enhancing productivity, reducing technical debt, and optimizing processes.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, operations, and business stakeholders, to build best-in-class products. Define clear objectives, deliverables, and success metrics for projects.
• Provide technical guidance, participating in design and code reviews to maintain high quality. Apply hands-on coding expertise, with a focus on scalable, secure, testable, and maintainable systems.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain engineering talent. Provide clear growth pathways for team members and cultivate a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Experienced navigating complex problems in an agile work environment.
Requirements
Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level