Software Engineer, Mobile (Android)

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

Our Mobility vertical mobile team is at the helm of creating affordable and premium Transport in the Grab app. Our mission lies in enhancing the booking experience and improve our service to consumers. If you are keen on making transportation effortless and seamless for millions of users, we would be thrilled to have you on our team!

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for an experienced and passionate junior Android Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will report into the Software Engineering Manager, Transport and you will work on the Android passenger app that benefits millions of consumers every day. Awaiting you are exhilarating product ideas and engrossing engineering challenges, where you will be one of the first to experience your own work within the Grab app!

This is a hybrid role and the office is based in Petaling Jaya.

The Critical Tasks You will Perform

• You will work with the Product/Design/Analytics teams to understand problems and requirements, providing them with insights, options, trade-offs, estimations, and timelines.
• You will collaborate with Android/Backend/QA engineers to brainstorm and implement technical solutions that are scalable, reliable, and meet the actual problem's needs.
• You will write reusable, scalable, and testable code while ensuring features are delivered on time and with high quality.
• You will engage in code reviews to provide constructive feedback and improve overall engineering practices.
• You will show responsibility and responsiveness when working on-call duty. Display readiness to triage, debug, mitigate, and fix production issues.
• You will identify inefficiencies in the codebase, systems, and processes. Proactively suggesting improvements and taking action items to address them.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• You have solid foundation in Computer Science, including knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and system design.
• You have at least 3 years of experience with mobile app development.
• You are exposed to Kotlin, RxJava, and Java through academic coursework, internships or personal projects.
• You are familiar with Android system and programming paradigms such as OOP and TDD.
• You have a working knowledge of architectural approaches like MVP, MVVM as part of academic projects.
• You had hands-on experience with testing frameworks, specific to unit and UI testing.
• You have experience with UI aspects, view cycle, views, and layouts.
• You are familiar with or coursework around Jetpack Compose and Dagger Dependency Injection.

Additional Information

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.

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.