Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android)

Get to Know the Team

Join the Geo Engineering team, where we enhance Grab's core consumer experiences through geospatial services like maps, routing, and navigation. Our mobile engineers collaborate with backend, data, and design teams to deliver fast and reliable features across diverse environments in Southeast Asia. We prioritize accuracy, performance, and trust. If you're passionate about solving real-world problems, come build with us.

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for an Android Software Engineer to develop mobile experiences focused on location and maps, used by millions of people across Southeast Asia. In this role, you will collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver fast, reliable, and engaging features. This position is based on-site in Singapore and reports to an Engineering Manager.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Design, develop, and optimize Android features and shared mobile components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Implement complex UI and intuitive UX, build reusable libraries, and integrate with multiple apps and services.
• Uphold code quality, testing, security, and clear documentation.
• Monitor app health and performance, analyze metrics, and drive reliability improvements.
• Explore and propose new designs and architectures for scale and developer velocity.
• Brainstorm ideas, identify problems, and deliver pragmatic solutions focused on user impact and performance.

What Essential Skills Will You Need

• 4+ years building Android apps.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java, with a solid grasp of design patterns, multithreading, and clean coding practices.
• Strong foundation in data structures and algorithms to design efficient, scalable mobile systems.
• Experience integrating APIs and third-party SDKs, with a sound understanding of networking, auth, and versioning.
• Build complex, high-quality UI and intuitive UX, with attention to accessibility and polish.
• Commitment to code quality, testing, security, and clear documentation.
• Deep understanding of CI / CD for Android, including Gradle, automated testing, and release pipelines.
• Proven collaboration with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn requirements into shipped features.
• High ownership, analytical and system design skills.
• Bonus Experience with LiDAR, sensors, or mapping technologies.

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.