Grab is one of Southeast Asia’s leading superapp that provides everyday services such as mobility, deliveries (food, packages, groceries), mobile payments and financial services to millions of Southeast Asians. Grab aims to use technology to empower its communities and elevate the quality of life for everyone.

Mission 1. Trust that you will have a safe ride Travel with confidence knowing that Grab’s top priority is your safety. From driver safety training and vehicle safety checks, to personal accident insurance coverage for all our drivers and passengers and government partnerships to promote safety, you know we have your back. 2. Take the transport option that fits your need We put freedom in your hands. The most transport options, at every price point, with comfort, speed and affordability – you can have it all at the touch of a button. 3. Let us take care of you We believe that a sustainable business is one that improves the lives of the people it touches – passengers, drivers, employees, governments and society at large.

Life at Grab is all about positive disruption – and yes, crazy days are part of that package too. Still, that’s never stopped a Grabber from having fun. In fact, it’s what keeps us motivated to shake things up further. Life as a Grabber means succeeding in a culture of passion and innovation. We are hungry to make a difference, and recognise that good decisions often come from the heart. We are humbled by our communities, and are proud to serve them with honour. We come from all over the world, united by a common goal to make life better everyday for our users. If you share our mission of Driving Southeast Asia Forward, apply to be part of the team today!

Data Engineering runs the code, pipeline and infrastructure that extracts, processes and prepares every piece of data generated or consumed by Grab’s systems. We are a diverse team of software engineers that not only work to solve all kinds of data related problems faced by teams from all corners of Grab but we also act as a bridge that ties everyone together through data. Database Engineers in Grab get to work on and support one of the largest and fastest growing datasets of any company in South East Asia. We operate in a challenging, fast paced and ever changing environment that will push you to grow and learn. The day-to-day activities: - Responsible for monitoring day to day MySQL, PostgreSQL and or other OLTP database systems in terms of operations and management - Perform database capacity planning and maintenance, monitoring and performance tuning - Diagnose any database issues and employ measures to prevent recurrence - Work with engineering and operations team in building tooling to drive scalability, reliability and performance - Research and develop new technologies and approaches for building highly available data persistence systems - Advice and support product, engineering, support and operation teams - Participate in on-call rotations The must haves: - Preferably a degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related fields - Deep understanding and real passion for relational database theory and database fundamentals - Deep understanding of MySQL storage engines (understanding of PostgreSQL internal engine would be an added plus) - Proficiency in shell scripting (bash, sed, awk et al) - Proficiency with Linux system administration - Extensive experience with installation, management, upgrades, backup and restore of large MySQL, PostgreSQL and or other OLTP database system installations - Experience benchmarking, clustering and tuning the databases for performance, reliability, high availability and scalability - Familiar with a key-value store or data structure database (such as Redis, ElasticSearch et al) - Experience with AWS RDS / Elasticache / other AWS Database Services or experience with management of databases in AWS environment will a strong plus - Strong CS fundamentals (with competencies in algorithms and data structures) If you share our vision of driving South East Asia forward, click on "Want to Visit" and join our team today.