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🥝 Lead Software Engineer, Backend - Service Mesh

Grab | petaling jaya, Malaysia | Posted June 04, 2026

Job Description

Position Overview

Lead Software Engineer – Service Mesh Platform

As a senior technical leader, you will guide the architectural direction and execution of our service mesh platform, overseeing the team of engineers, partnering with other functional teams, and driving a secure, observable, and scalable mesh infrastructure across our microservices architecture.

Critical Tasks You Will Perform

  • Define and lead the multi‑year technical strategy for the service mesh platform, including data plane and control plane evolution, capability roadmap, and migration paths from legacy systems.
  • Architect and review complex changes to the mesh infrastructure (Istio, Envoy or equivalent), with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Manage platform‑wide concerns: traffic management, service discovery, mTLS and identity, observability, rate limiting, and cross‑cluster communication.
  • Lead architecture decisions that c...

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