Engineering Manager

Get to know our Team:

The Growth team at Grab strategizes and executes on step changing growth initiatives through data-driven approaches and rapid a/b testing, and owns the conception, execution, and experimentation of products, features and engineering systems that drive this mandate.

Get to know the Role: ​

As the very first engineering manager in Growth Jakarta, you are responsible for building and leading a highly productive engineering team which builds hyperlocal products and features for our Indonesian customers and regional customers across SEA. You will define the vision and strategy of Growth Jakarta engineering center, hire the right people and build the team, ensure fast and excellent execution and always deliver great results to outserve our customers.

The day-to-day activities:

• Recruit, interview, and close top talents.

• Mentor and coach engineers on the team.

• Contribute to and lead the direction of the growth team.

• Collaborate with the product, business, design, and data team to be on top of your deliverable.

• Collaborate with engineering teams in other locations to ensure a unified engineering vision.

• Timely delivery of highly reliable and scalable engineering architecture, and high quality, maintainable and operationally excellent code.

The must haves:

• Significant experience as a successful software development leader, preferably in delivering B2C products/services/content.

• Experience in building and growing a highly productive software engineering team.

• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and deliver complex, successful engineering systems or products efficiently and with high quality.

• Proven team leadership, interpersonal skills, and ability to get things done.

• Ability to clearly communicate high-level strategy and technical details effectively across disciplines, locations, and organizations.

• Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and build a sense of urgency in a dynamic environment.

• Burning desire to build magical experiences for our customers.

Get to know Grab:

Grab is more than just the leading ride-hailing and mobile payments platform in Southeast Asia. We use data and technology to improve everything from transportation to payments and financial services across a region of more than 620 million people. We work with governments, drivers, passengers, merchants, and the community, to solve critical problems in Southeast Asia.

Grab began as a taxi-hailing app in 2012, but we have since extended our product platform to include GrabCar, GrabShare, GrabBike, GrabHitch, GrabExpress, GrabFood, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabCycle. We recently launched our fintech platform – GrabFinancial, which consists of payments, lending and insurance. Our latest addition is GrabVentures, an in-house incubation platform. We are focused on pioneering new commuting and payment alternatives for drivers and passengers with an emphasis on convenience, safety, and reliability. Currently, we offer services in 8 countries. Our R&D offices are in Singapore, Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta and Vietnam. We aspire to unlock the true potential of Southeast Asia and look for like-minded individuals to join us on this ride.

If you share our vision of driving South East Asia forward, apply to join our team today.