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In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.\n Get to Know the Team\nAutomation and Platform Excellence (APEX) aim to Deliver Joy and Excellence to Grab engineers by enabling a frictionless ecosystem, allowing focus on value-adding features for users in a fast and safe manner. Some folks and companies would recognise this as a \"Platform Engineering Team\", and that is what we do.\nGet to Know the Role\nWhen you're an engineer at Grab, you are part of the heart and soul of the company. Our passion is anchored in the work that we do, and this is reflected in the impact we make on millions of lives on a daily basis. 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