Software Engineer, Backend

Get to know the team

The POI team is part of the Grab Geo department. We are responsible for building the POI data system for Southeast Asia and key geo-services including search, recommendation, geocoding, and reverse geocoding, which support all of Grab's businesses across ride-hailing, food delivery, and payments.

Get to know the role

We are seeking a Backend Engineer. In the digital age, leveraging online resources is key to building vibrant, rich, and high-quality map data. We need your expertise to help us construct this essential platform and deliver a world-class Map Making service.

The Critical Task You Will Perform:

1. Responsible for designing, architecting, and implementing highly concurrent, highly available, and scalable distributed map data search, geocoding, and reverse geocoding systems.
2. Process massive volumes of heterogeneous map data from various sources, performing end-to-end parsing, integration, and data normalization.
3. Explore and implement cutting-edge technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) for intelligent parsing, data generation, data quality validation, and other scenarios, continuously improving data collection efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing data quality.
4. Conduct technical planning and innovation: continuously track industry advanced technologies, perform technology research and prototype development, introduce new technologies and tools to the team, and formulate a long-term technical development roadmap.