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 has been expanding into multiple lines of businesses. The Grab Data Warehouse team builds business intelligence systems using data from all business lines to provide insights to key stakeholders across the company.

Get to Know the Role 

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to lead the design and enhancement of our data warehouse systems. You will play a crucial role within the team, guiding data warehouse development and working with stakeholders from different business lines. You will report into the Head of Analytics - Data Architecture and EDW and be based onsite in Singapore.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will oversee all aspects of data warehouse system development, including technical design, testing, deployment, and support.
• You will be the main contact with Product, Business, and Engineering stakeholders to define and review technical specifications.
• You will guide data engineers in designing and implementing scalable Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) jobs, data models, scripts, and data assets.
• You will promote visibility through regional metric measurements and insights across business functions and teams.
• You will establish and maintain best practices for change management, documentation, and data protocols.
• You will develop dashboards and monitoring for system metrics and thresholds.
• You will contribute to technical and product discussions, code reviews, and solution implementations.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• You have at least 7 years of practical work experience overseeing the development, testing, deployment, and support of large-scale data warehouse systems.
• You have experience guiding a team and making sound technical decisions.
• You have proficiency in data warehousing, data modelling, and big data concepts.
• You have experience with frameworks such as Spark, Airflow, Hive, Flink, and Kafka.
• You have proficiency in Python, Scala, or SQL.
• You have experience developing end-to-end data solutions using AWS.

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.