Engineering Manager 2

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

At Grab Financial Group (GrabFin), we're building the future of payments in Southeast Asia. As Engineering Manager, you will lead an engineering team. This team will work closely with other stakeholders in the organization, e.g., Product Managers, Business Lead, Operations. Together, they will solve the reconciliation and settlement platform problems at our core payment systems. Additionally, they will provide top-notch platform capabilities to our users. You will have Payments and Finance domain knowledge, solid technical skills, strategic guidance, technical leadership and people skills.

Get to Know the Role

You will lead an engineering team consisting of software engineers and QAs (SET), responsible for designing, building, and operating our Reconciliation and Settlement Platform for our Fintech foundations. Our solutions are mission-critical, operating 24/7 in some of the most dynamic and diverse markets in the world. Reliability, security, compliance, and speed are not optional – they are the baseline.

You will report to a Senior Engineering Manager and work fully onsite at Grab Singapore office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will set the team’s roadmap, planning cycles and OKRs with Product and business partners, translating priorities into measurable delivery outcomes.
• You will build reusable reconciliation and settlement capabilities that support multiple markets without compromising security, accuracy, scalability or compliance.
• You will guide architecture, design and code reviews—and contribute code when needed—to keep services secure, testable and maintainable.
• You will own production reliability through observability, service-level targets, incident improvement and mandatory participation in on-call rotations.
• You will improve the software development lifecycle by reducing technical debt and using approved GenAI tools responsibly to accelerate development, testing and documentation while protecting sensitive data.
• You will align Product, Finance, Operations and engineering stakeholders on project objectives, delivery trade-offs and success measures.
• You will hire, coach and develop engineers and SETs, creating clear growth paths and a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including designing and operating scalable backend systems.
• At least 3 years managing teams of 5 or more engineers, with experience hiring, coaching and supporting performance and growth.
• Hands-on experience with Go, microservices and cloud platforms such as AWS, including making architecture and code-quality decisions.
• Experience with payments funds flows, including gateways or acquirers, reconciliation, clearing and settlement.
• Experience designing payment integrations or real-time transaction systems with appropriate security controls, such as encryption or tokenization.
• Experience setting and improving operational standards for observability, service-level targets, data governance and regulatory or financial reporting.
• You have experience engaging with AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance productivity, improve workflows, and contribute new ideas.

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 enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.