Lead Software Engineer, Backend

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At Grab Financial Group (GrabFin), we're building the future of payments in Southeast Asia. As Lead Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to design, implement and operate Payments core platforms to support both current and future business needs. You're part of an engineering team that works closely with other stakeholders in the organization, e.g., Product Managers, Business Lead, Operations, to solve the challenging problems at Payments funds flow, such as clearing, settlement and reconciliation, by developing future-proof platforms and to provide best-in-class experience to our users. This role requires you to have Payments and Finance domain knowledge, solid technical skills, strategic guidance, technical leadership.

Get to Know the Role

You will assume the role as an engineering lead, responsible for designing and re-architecturing, building, and operating our Reconciliation, Clearing, and Settlement Platforms for GrabFin Payments foundations. Our solutions are mission-critical, operating 24/7 in some of the most dynamic and diverse markets in the world. Security, reliability, 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.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, secure and scalable software applications
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code to solve challenging problems in the Fintech domain, especially in Payments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship product features complying with industrial high software standards
• Lead to the architectural decisions, technical direction, implementations, and maintenance of the projects
• Provide technical guidance, participating in design and code reviews to maintain high quality. Apply hands-on coding expertise, with a focus on secure, scalable, testable, and maintainable systems.
• Strive for operational excellence and platform efficiency. Participating in On-Call rotations is mandatory
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies
• Participate in talent recruiting and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement
• Experienced with navigating complex problems in an agile work environment.

Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level