Engineering Manager II, Backend (Lending)

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.

Get to Know the Team

Grab Financial's Lending business provides microcredit and loan products to our valued consumers, drivers and merchants within the Grab ecosystem. Over the years, this business has not only matured but also become a significant profit driver for Grab. Our team comprises experts in Fintech Lending, spanning across multiple teams and business products. Currently, our lending operations extend to six Southeast Asian countries : Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand, with a dedicated regional and country team structure.

Get to Know the Role

As an Engineering Manager at Grab, you will play an important role where you will lead strategic programmes in product and technology development within the dynamic realm of lending.

You will chart and lead the pursuit of the broader technical strategy, working with engineering, product managers and business owners. You will be a people manager, steering engineering while coaching junior team members. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Lending at Grab, where your leadership will directly influence our trajectory in this critical area.

You will be reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. It is an Onsite role based in the Jakarta office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will be a managing and coaching a team of engineers, supporting their growth through regular 1 : 1s, performance reviews, and career development plans.
• You will set technical direction and architectural standards, review major design decisions, and ensure code quality and best practices are upheld.
• You will collaborate with Product Managers to translate business needs into technical deliverables and lead agile development processes.
• You will drive the adoption of engineering best practices, including testing, monitoring, and operational excellence across your team's projects.
• You will communicate progress, challenges, and technical decisions with senior leadership and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• You will ensure team systems meet high standards for reliability, security, and performance, and oversee incident response and on-call operations.
• You will help build an inclusive, collaborative team culture and contribute to cross-team initiatives and broader engineering strategy.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

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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.

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