Senior Backend Engineer, FundsCore Settlement at Grab

Role overview

Grab FundsCore is hiring a senior backend engineer for payment systems that settle transactions accurately for merchants. The role owns scalable services, production health and engineering decisions in Ho Chi Minh City.

Responsibilities

• We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing engineering team in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. You'll take ownership of designing and developing scalable backend systems that power our core products. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges, mentor junior engineers, and drive architectural innovations. If you're passionate about building robust, efficient systems and thrive in an inclusive environment, we'd love to hear from you.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable backend applications using modern technologies and best practices
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices that support multiple client applications
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while adhering to SOLID principles and clean architecture patterns
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, share knowledge, and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues with analytical rigor
• Participate in system design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that shape our technical direction
• Implement and maintain automated testing practices, including unit and integration tests, to ensure reliability
• Optimize database queries and system performance to handle growing scale and user demands
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure service reliability and respond to production incidents
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to their professional growth and development

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an advanced degree. Good Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development.
• Proficiency in Golang, with an understanding of its syntax, semantics, standard libraries, concurrency features, and experience optimizing applications.
• Experience with RDBMS technologies like MySQL and PostgreSQL, including expertise in database performance, query tuning, and reliability.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP , with knowledge in designing scalable, internet-scale microservices.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, along with experience automating infrastructure.
• Skills in development practices such as TDD, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery, using tools like GIT, Jenkins, and unit testing frameworks.
• Experience applying AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, debugging, testing, refactoring, and code review.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve production engineering workflows, including incident investigation, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and system design.

Technology in this role

• AWS: Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP , with knowledge in designing scalable, internet-scale .
• GCP: Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP , with knowledge in designing scalable, internet-scale .
• Golang: Proficiency in Golang, with an understanding of its syntax, semantics, standard libraries, concurrency features, and experience optimizing .
• PostgreSQL: Experience with RDBMS technologies like MySQL and PostgreSQL, including expertise in database performance, query tuning, and .
• MySQL: Experience with RDBMS technologies like MySQL and PostgreSQL, including expertise in database performance, query tuning, and .
• Terraform: Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, along with experience automating .
• Git: Skills in development practices such as TDD, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery, using tools like GIT, Jenkins, and unit testing .
• Jenkins: Skills in development practices such as TDD, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery, using tools like GIT, Jenkins, and unit testing .

Role-specific candidate guide

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Understanding the scope. This Senior Software Engineer, Backend position at Grab is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Grab FundsCore is hiring a senior backend engineer for payment systems that settle transactions accurately for merchants. The role owns scalable services, production health and engineering decisions in Ho Chi Minh City.” Read that statement together.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:
• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave , and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours
• We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.

About Grab

Grab operates digital services across Southeast Asia. This opening belongs to its engineering organisation in Vietnam.

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