Software Engineer, Mobile (Android)
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
The Transaction Platform team develops and optimizes Grab's Order Platform, supporting the fast-growing Transport, GrabFood, and GrabMart businesses across online and offline channels. We use a microservice architecture on the backend and various frontend techniques (e.g., iOS, ADR, Flutter, and Web) to serve end-users (Consumers, Drivers, Merchants, and Partners) in 8 countries. Our microservices are generalized into platforms to enhance product market speed, following a system principle where systems improve based on feedback signals without human intervention
Get to Know the Role
We are looking for an Android Software Engineer to build and evolve mobile applications that contribute to the development of a high-impact product. You'll work closely with team members to turn product ideas into seamless user experiences. You will report to the Lead Software Engineer, Mobile, and will be based fully on-site in Jakarta.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
- Translating requirements into well-designed, user-focused Android features.
- Develop, test, and deploy code with a focus on quality and scalability.
- Proactively identify and solve technical challenges.
- Optimize app performance for responsiveness and stability.
- Implement robust security measures to protect user data.
- Actively participate in code reviews to maintain high development standards.
- Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate app functionalities.
- Stay up-to-date with trends in mobile development and proposing innovative solutions.
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- Have 2+ years of experience in native Android system and programming paradigms, including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines/Flow, and Dagger. RxJava is an added value.
- Have a working knowledge of several architectural approaches, design (MVC, MVP, MVI, MVVM), caching and data storage.
- Have a working understanding of quality/operations practices such as monitoring, crash/performance debugging, and CI/CD-driven delivery (including responding to production issues and communicating.
- Familiar with common Git workflows (branching, pull requests, resolving conflicts, and rebasing/merging) for collaboration.
- Manage an assigned feature end-to-end from requirements and implementation through self-test, QA handover, release verification, and defect follow-up.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with comprehensive unit and integration tests using frameworks such as JUnit, Espresso, and Mockito.
- Demonstrate solid Android system design fundamentals, including non-functional requirements, stability/reliability, and the ability to reason about edge cases and trade-offs.
- Collaborate with the backend team to create modular, reusable components and scalable APIs.
- Partner with product and experience teams to translate requirements into technical specifications.
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.