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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 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 improving 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 Android Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will report to 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 role is onsite-based in our Petaling Jaya, Malaysia office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

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

Qualifications

What Skills You will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of professional Android development experience
• Programming experience in Java or Kotlin, familiarity with design patterns, multi-threading, and good coding style and habits.
• You are familiar with the Android system and programming paradigms such as OOP and TDD.
• Knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong understanding of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with build automation tools such as Gradle
• Understanding of Google's Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with performance optimization and troubleshooting techniques

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.
• 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.