Senior Data Engineer
Grab · Petaling Jaya, , Malaysia · China
- Employer
- Grab
- Requisition id
- REF6111C
- First posted (employer ATS)
- (1h ago)
- First seen by this site
- 2026-10-06T08:17:38Z
- Last verified live
- 2026-10-06T08:47:54Z
- Source
- Employer career portal (smartrecruiters)
Job description
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 Our Team
Our Data Engineering team builds the data backbone for a large-scale consumer platform. We industrialize data feeds, build and run ETL pipelines, and maintain the data warehouse layers that turn raw operational data into insight — in direct contact with product, business, and analytics stakeholders who depend on us daily.
Get to Know the Role
As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll shape how we get data from source to decision. You'll build and industrialize data pipelines across our layered data architecture, be the engineering point of contact for business needs, and help decide which technologies best serve the data our stakeholders depend on — reporting, dashboards, product analytics, and downstream data science use cases.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
You will leverage large volumes of data from internal sources across the business
You will develop, maintain, and support production data pipelines (ETL, streaming, batch) using Python and SQL
You will act as the engineering point of contact for business stakeholders, gathering and assessing their data needs
You will ensure data architecture meets business and reporting requirements, including SLA commitments
You will recommend ways to deliver quality data more efficiently and identify opportunities to add value
You will run multiple concurrent pipeline projects and migrations from scoping through delivery
You will work closely with backend engineers on source-system migrations — re-pointing and validating data pipelines during active platform cutovers — to ensure no data loss or SLA breach
Why Join Us
You'll own the pipelines behind decision-making for a large-scale consumer platform — with direct influence over the technology choices, architecture, and data quality bar the business relies on.
This is a fully onsite role that will be based in either Malaysia, Singapore or China.
What Essential Skills You Will Need
4+ years of experience in data engineering, building and operating production data pipelines at scale
Strong hands-on Python and SQL skills
Knowledge of Big Data technologies such as PySpark, Presto, and Airflow
Solid understanding of ETL and layered data warehousing patterns
Fluency in written and spoken English
Ability to analyze, synthesize, and simplify complex data problems for varied audiences
Demonstrated ability to work directly with business stakeholders to scope and deliver data solutions
Strong communication skills — able to explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders (analysts, product managers, business leads)
Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent projects, meeting deadlines without compromising data quality
Comfortable working cross-functionally with backend/platform engineers to trace data lineage through service migrations
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 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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