Grab
Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack (Insurance Operations)
Petaling Jaya, MY
Role snapshot
Grab is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack (Insurance Operations) on a full-time basis. This is a role based in Petaling Jaya, MY. The listing highlights Finance and Information Technology And Services.
- Company
- Grab
- Location
- Petaling Jaya, MY
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
Who this role suits
Practitioners with a few years behind them who can work independently, make trade-offs and help newer teammates.
How to prepare your application
- Check your résumé against the listed skills (Finance and Information Technology And Services) and give each one a concrete example: what you built or achieved, not just that you used it.
- Prepare examples of decisions you drove, how you measured the result, and how you worked with other teams.
- Be ready to discuss trade-offs and scope, not only the tools you have used.
- Read what Grab publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
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About the role
Company Description
About Grab and Our Workplace
Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. 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.
Job Description
Get to Know the Team
At GrabFin, we empower the people of Southeast Asia by ensuring financial inclusion for the underserved. The Insurance Operations PST in Malaysia supports Insurance Products and owns Accounting, Reports, Internal Tools, and Third-Party Integration domains.
Get to Know the Role
You will report to the Engineering Manager, Insurance Operations, based in Malaysia and develop internal tools, reporting dashboards, and operational applications. You will work across the stack, building both frontend and backend components. We're looking for candidates that embody ownership, display a hunger for learning and improvement, and excel in autonomy.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
- Develop high-quality and scalable backend services within a microservices architecture
- Design, develop, and maintain user-friendly frontend web applications using React
- Build internal tools and reporting dashboards for Insurance Operations team
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
- Collaborate with diverse teams to design and ship new features
- Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction
- Participate in On-Call rotations to ensure service reliability
Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- 4+ years of relevant experience in software development
- Proficiency in building frontend web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React
- Proficiency in backend programming languages (Java/Go or Node.js)
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and Git
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS)
- Experience with clean architecture principles and SOLID principles
Additional Information
Life at Grab
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
What We Stand For At Grab
We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.