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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 Our Team\nThe Fulfilment Engineering team builds the technology that connects demand with supply across Grab’s services. We solve complex marketplace problems spanning allocation, driver experience, reliability and operational efficiency, supporting millions of transactions across Southeast Asia.\nWe work closely with Product, Data Science, Analytics, Operations and other engineering teams to develop scalable systems that improve the experience of our driver-partners and consumers.\nGet to Know the Role\nYou will lead a team of software engineers responsible for building and operating critical fulfilment capabilities. You will create the conditions for the team to deliver reliable outcomes, grow strong technical leaders and translate product and business priorities into an effective engineering roadmap.\nAs an engineering manager, you will remain technically fluent while empowering senior individual contributors to lead architecture and detailed technical decisions.\nYou will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager.\nAt Grab, we have 5-day in office arrangement.\nThe Critical Tasks You Will Perform\nLead, coach and develop a team of software engineers, setting clear expectations and individual growth plans.\nPartner with Product, Data Science, Analytics and Operations to define priorities, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.\nOwn planning and delivery of the team’s engineering roadmap, proactively managing dependencies and risks.\nWork with senior engineers to establish sound technical direction and make appropriate architecture and engineering trade-offs.\nImprove the reliability, scalability, security, observability and cost efficiency of the systems owned by the team.\nEstablish effective engineering practices covering design reviews, testing, deployment, incident response and continuous improvement.\nCreate an inclusive environment where team members have clarity, psychological safety and meaningful ownership.\nAttract, assess and retain strong engineering talent while contributing to hiring and talent development across Grab.\nCommunicate progress, risks and decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n What Essential Skills You Will Need\nAt least eight years of software engineering experience, including designing and operating production systems at scale.\nAt least two years of experience managing and developing software engineers.\nHands-on experience building or integrating LLM and generative AI solutions, including model evaluation, prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation and production monitoring.\nUnderstanding of AI system risks, including hallucinations, data privacy, security, reliability, latency and cost.\nStrong foundation in backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, databases and cloud infrastructure.\nDemonstrated ability to deliver complex initiatives involving multiple teams and stakeholders.\nExperience coaching engineers, managing performance and supporting career development.\nSound judgement in balancing product delivery, engineering quality, reliability and long-term maintainability.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical and AI trade-offs clearly.\n Life at Grab\nWe care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:\nWe have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.\nWith GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.\nCelebrate 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\nWe have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.\nBalancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours\nWhat We Stand For at Grab\nWe are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. 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