Lead Software Engineer, Managed Kubernetes Platform

Company Overview

Grab is the leading superapp in Southeast Asia, providing services ranging from food delivery to financial management and transportation, driven by technology and AI to empower the region economically with values of heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

About the Role

The Managed EKS team is focused on building a cutting-edge compute platform for Grab's engineers. Having already migrated a large portion of legacy workloads to this platform, the team aims to enhance the daily experience of engineers across Grab. This onsite role based in Singapore requires a seasoned Lead Engineer to design, build, and oversee the service mesh and Kubernetes infrastructure that supports our microservices architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain istio service mesh and Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development teams to align architecture with their requirements.
• Implement and manage service discovery, load balancing, traffic management, and observability within the service mesh.
• Handle workload deployment and scheduling on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Respond swiftly to service outages, assist in capacity planning, and optimize performance.
• Monitor operations to identify and troubleshoot issues proactively.
• Drive continuous enhancement of DevOps practices within the team.

Candidate Profile and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum five years managing microservice architectures.
• Strong understanding of network protocols including HTTP, TCP/IP, and gRPC.
• Experience with DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Proficient in programming with Go, Java, or Python.
• Hands-on familiarity with service mesh technologies such as istio, linkerd, or consul.
• Knowledgeable in Kubernetes management, especially on AWS EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Expertise in containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with cloud-native stacks and cloud environments including AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.

Additional Information - Life at Grab

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits including term life and extensive medical insurance.
• Flexible benefits program, GrabFlex, tailored to individual preferences.
• Generous leave policies encompassing parental, birthday, and volunteering leave.
• Access to confidential assistance programs supporting employees and their families.
• Flexibility in work arrangements to balance personal and professional commitments.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Grab fosters an inclusive workplace ensuring equal opportunities for all employees regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, disabilities, or other unique attributes. The company evaluates all applicants fairly and with respect.