Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android) - ACE

Company Description

Life at Grab

At Grab, every Grabber is guided by The Grab Way, which spells out our mission, how we believe we can achieve it, and our operating principles - the 4Hs: Heart, Hunger, Honour and Humility. These principles guide and help us make decisions as we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia.

Get to know the Team

Come join Grab ACE team, we're dedicated to building the most trusted and loved platform for all things food in Southeast Asia.. When you’re an engineer at Grab, you are part of the heart and soul of the company. Our passion is anchored in the work that we do, and this is reflected in the impact we make on hundreds of millions of lives on a daily basis. Our team is empowered by creating amazing services and tools that serve hundreds of millions of consumers, driving partners, and fellow grabbers. We are always seeking to innovate our delivery and dine in platforms, which requires the help of first-class engineers. Our scale of production is huge, handling tens of millions of bookings every day. When you launch a new code, hundreds of millions of people will see what you are doing in a very short time. Operating at this level is difficult, but very beneficial.

Job Description

The Day-to-Day Activities

As an Android engineer, you are expected to work on both product development as well as engineering improvements. 

• Work closely with the product and design team to understand requirements, provide product feedback, own and implement the product from start to finish.
• Drive and participate in technical discussions with other engineering teams
• Write code that is reusable, scalable and testable. Make sure products are delivered on time and with high quality.
• Collaborate with QAs to make sure our app releases are always worthy of five star ratings.
• Review code from other team members, provide constructive feedback and strive to raise the engineering bar.
• Take initiative to improve the codebase proactively. Propose and set better engineering solutions for the team.
• Be responsible and responsive during on-call duty. Able to debug and troubleshoot production issues.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and knowledge sharing to peers.

Qualifications

The Must-Haves

• A degree in computer science, software engineering or related fields.
• Strong programming experience in Java and Kotlin
• Experience with Android SDK and a deep understanding of Android's best practices.
• Experience running large-scale applications and a global understanding of systems internals and tools like crash analytics, performance tuning, local/remote debugging.
• Strong understanding of design patterns and architectural patterns like MVVM/MVP and Singleton, among others.
• Strong understanding of application performance and ability to perform profiling to find any performance bottlenecks
• Deep understanding with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Experience in test-driven development and proficiency in writing unit tests.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Proven track record of developing and delivering complex Android projects.
• Eager to learn, to take more responsibility, and to create an impact on millions of users.
• Fluent in English, with the ability to communicate fluently in English.

The Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in driving projects that include both mobile and backend development. 
• 3+ years of mobile engineering experience, specifically with a record of building complex applications, and experience in live/online projects is sought.
• Prior knowledge and exposure to application security, encryption algorithms, hashing schemes, experience building security products would be a plus
• Prior experience with well-known open-source projects is highly advantageous.

Additional Information

Our Commitment

We recognize that with these individual attributes come different workplace challenges, and we will work with Grabbers to address them in our journey towards creating inclusion at Grab for all Grabbers.