Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android) - Consumer Experience

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Get to Know the Team

Join the Consumer Experience (CX) Engineering team - we work on a diverse set of consumer problems spanning across core experiences that power the UX navigation and transaction funnels, search and discovery of content and services, user lifecycle covering user growth, engagement and loyalty and the critical platform mission of mobile application developer experience. We are on an exciting mission to connect consumers to Grab's marketplace by allowing them to discover and engage with Grab's services and partners.

Get to Know the Role

You are a Senior Engineer who designs, builds, operates, and monitors secure, high-quality software systems. You will partner with technical and non-technical team members from product design through rollout, drive project momentum, and uplift the team through mentorship and process improvements.

You will report to Engineering Manager, and you will be based on-site in Jakarta.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Design and write in RxJava and/or Kotlin.
• Collaborate with mobile and backend engineers, designers, data scientists and product managers to build features
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards
• Brainstorm ideas, identify problems, propose and implement solutions geared towards scale and performance
• Take full ownership of projects that are built to meet functional and non-functional requirements of our users and partners.
• Design, implement, instrument and deploy highly performant and reusable Android components for operational excellence programs
• Lead collaboration across teams and roles, to resolve ambiguous, multi dimensional business, legal, and product needs.
• Participate in interview loops to help Grab continue hiring top industry talent
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and knowledge sharing to peers.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 5+ years of software engineering experience (4+ years specializing in Android) and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Understanding of CS fundamentals (algorithms, data structures), system internals, CI/CD pipelines, and app observability tools (crash analytics, remote debugging).
• Experience managing end-to-end features for large-scale applications with analytical, critical-thinking, and design skills.
• High accountability, clear English articulation, and familiarity with applying Generative AI tools to enhance productivity.

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For At Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.