When 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. Our highly international and innovative teams are empowered by creating amazing services and tools that serve millions of users and merchants. As an engineering leader, you strive for quality and responsible for setting the strategy for your respective function and the development of roadmaps.
Focus of the Role:
- Grab Financial Group is building something exciting for SEA.
- Head of Engineering will lead or build a team of engineers and working with product managers to realise the engineering ambitions of one of the most innovative companies in the region.
Get to Know the Role:
- As a Head of Engineering, you put ‘Grab before self’ and make thought-through decisions in the organization’s best interest.
- You drive your teams forward by being objective and supportive, as well as raising the bar continuously by striving for the great delivery and code quality.
- You will be growing your teams by thoughtful planning, strategic decision making and using your eye for talent to hire the best engineers and engineering managers.
- You hold accountability for your respective team(s) and product(s).
- You develop your teams by promoting intellectual rigor, identifying skill gaps and providing training where required.
- You manage and execute against projects and delivery commitments, and develop our mobile strategy and roadmap.
- You manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering teams within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- You collaborate with the business and product teams to achieve Grab’s goals and growth. If you don’t see others’ problems as your problem, you will not thrive here.
The Must Haves:
- 15+ years of relevant experience in software product engineering and strategy, preferably working in cloud computing, internet, SaaS and/or eCommerce. Experience working for a start-up or scale-up is preferred.
- 8+ years of experience leading large teams of engineers and driving large-scale projects and products, in collaboration with product, design and commercial teams, to succeed.
- Your experience in the back-end, architecture and infrastructure, web services
- You have very strong business acumen and are therefore driven to and deliver an optimal user experience.
- A degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or have a similar experience. Have a track record of designing, developing and implementing complex, low-latency, and preferably transaction-based/B2C, mobile applications and/or web services with over one million users.
- Strong communication skills and can act as an advisor, coach, mentor, and partner all at the same time.
