Grab to hire 350 people in Singapore to deliver online financial services in South-east Asia

CNI Desk: Tech company Grab will be hiring about 350 more employees here this year to help it deliver online financial services in South-east Asia.

The new hires will also develop the Singapore ride hailing operator's digital banking business and support micro enterprises in their digital transformation.

Grab is looking at those with skills in artificial intelligence (AI), cyber security, data science, software engineering, as well as product management and design.

 

They are expected to be involved in projects to improve the ability of merchants to offer better and tailored products to their customers.

These employees will also work to improve the user experience of the GrabMerchant mobile app, which helps companies optimise their operations, manage sales as well as handle food and store orders and deliveries.

Of the 350 new hires, about 200 will be for the digital bank business that a Grab-Singtel consortium announced in December it would hire.

The consortium was one of two successful applicants for a digital full bank licence here. It plans to formally launch the digital bank in early 2022