Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android) - Mobility Team

Company Description

About Grab and our workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp. We are dedicated to improving the lives of millions of users across the region by providing them with everyday services such as deliveries, mobility, financial services, enterprise services and others. More than that, we provide the opportunity for them to have a better life. And that aspiration starts inside Grab because we believe in a seamless blend of work and home life, making every aspect of life better for all.

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—we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia. With our unwavering commitment to our values, we believe that we're more than a service provider; we're agents of positive change.

Job Description

Get to know the Team

The Mobility Android team is an established engineering team responsible for building features or improvements related to the Transportation service in the Grab passenger Android app. We make an impact by delivering the most ideal experience to the millions of consumers across SEA using Grab Transportation service every day. Our team is made up of friendly, passionate, and talented engineers. If you are looking for an opportunity to work on a large-scale mobile app that is being used by millions of users, then you should join our team!

Get to know the Role

• Work closely with Product/Design/Analytics teams to understand business problems and requirements
• Collaborate with Android/iOS/Backend/QA Engineers to propose and implement technical solutions that are scalable, robust, and address the actual problems.
• Write code that is reusable, scalable, and testable. Make sure features are delivered with high quality on time.
• Review code and engineering specs from team members, provide constructive feedback and strive to raise the engineering bar.
• Be responsible and responsive during on-call duty. Able to triage, debug, mitigate, and fix complex issues. Able to assist with ad hoc queries from other teams.
• Identify pain points and inefficiencies in the codebase, system, and process, proactively propose and take action items to address them.
• Influence the team to execute with high quality and adopt best practices. Mentor and cultivate the growth of other team members.

Qualifications

The Must-Haves

• 3+ years of Android development experience in building scalable and highly available mobile applications.
• Understanding the Android system and programming paradigm including OOP, TDD, reactive patterns, and dependency injection.
• Working knowledge of several architectural approaches including clean architecture, MVP, MVVM, and Clean Architecture
• Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design, unit testing, and UI testing techniques.
• Highly accountable and takes ownership of your own work.
• Good at problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Kotlin/Rxjava
• Have a good understanding of UI: view cycle, view, and layouts.
• Excellent working knowledge of the mobile app development life cycle and best practices.

The Nice-to-Haves

• Have a good understanding of UI/UX and be detail-oriented.
• Have a good understanding of concurrency/multiple threads.
• Have working knowledge of app performance and how to troubleshoot and improve.

Additional Information

Benefits at Grab:

We care deeply about your well-being and are committed to supporting you every step of the way. Here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• Protect and provide for your loved ones with peace of mind, knowing we have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• Craft a benefits package that suits your unique needs and aspirations with GrabFlex, because we believe in empowering you to thrive.
• Embrace the magic of new life and create lasting memories with your family through Maternity and Paternity Leave.
• Life can be overwhelming, but you're never alone. Our confidential Grabber Assistance Programme is here to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Your well-being is our priority. Benefit from our holistic well-being initiatives through Wellbeing@Grab, including health programmes, informative webinars, and vibrant carnivals.
• Achieve a harmonious work-life balance with our FlexWork arrangements, allowing you to adapt and thrive in your personal and professional life.

We’ve got many different benefits hyper-localised in each country. Speak to your recruiter during your interview to find out more.

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. If you require accommodations to fully participate in the recruitment process, you are encouraged to include your request(s) when applying.

We deliver the greatest impact and ideas when we bring together diverse perspectives. It is what enables us to spread opportunities to Grabbers and our partners. It’s not a box-ticking exercise; it’s who we are.