Software Engineering Manager II (Mobile)

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Job summary

Grab Bengaluru is seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead the consumer application core team. You will drive a high‑impact mobile roadmap, shape engineering strategy, and ensure excellent developer experience across iOS and Android.

This role requires 8+ years in mobile engineering with 3+ years in leadership, deep CI/CD experience, and a proven ability to mentor engineers and collaborate with senior leaders to deliver scalable, reliable products.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in mobile engineering with 3+ years in leadership.
• Hands-on with mobile CI/CD and build systems.
• Experience leading a large, stable consumer mobile app team.
• Mentor senior engineers and drive engineering excellence.
• Strong communication with engineers and non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead a midsize mobile-engineering team to plan and deliver an impactful roadmap.
• Own half-year planning and execute delivery of engineering roadmap.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to drive cross-functional outcomes.
• Set engineering strategy and excellence metrics; improve stability and experience.
• Attract, mentor and retain engineering talent; align staffing with needs.

Tools

Xcode

Gradle

Bazel

CI/CD tooling

Job 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.

Get to know the Team:

Come join the Consumer Experience (CX) Engineering team. We work on a diverse set of consumer experience problems for our users. These problems span across core experiences, powering the UX navigation and transaction funnels, content and service discovery, user engagement, and the mobile application developer experience for the Grab app.

Get to know the Role:

This position is for the consumer application core team. The team works on a highly technical and complex roadmap of initiatives. The initiatives cover mobile developer experience, internal generative AI tools, our design system, and a diverse set of platform health metrics. We are looking for a highly autonomous and hands-on Engineering Manager II to drive the strategy, execution, delivery and people management of this team.

You will work onsite at the Grab Bengaluru office and will be reporting to Senior Engineering Manager

The Day-to-Day Activities:

• Lead a team of iOS and Android mobile engineers across to strategize and deliver a high impact roadmap that raises the bar on application health and developer experience
• Lead the half yearly planning and build a smooth execution plan with the team for securing the delivery of the engineering roadmap, you are the ultimate owner of the successful delivery and rollout of your roadmap.
• Drive company-wide engineering initiatives by collaborating effectively with senior leaders across the company by employing your mastery of technologies, communicating your ideas effectively and driving alignment with key stakeholders to create successful outcomes.
• Set the engineering strategy and engineering excellence metrics and targets for the team, consistently improve for application stability and developer experience
• Attract and retain talent senior engineering talent, actively mentor and develop engineering talent in the team and across Grab
• Keep your teams, org structure and staffing aligned with emerging needs and quickly pivot teams to execute on priorities

Essential Skills You Will Need

• 8+ years engineering experience on mobile engineering technologies and at least 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience in CI/CD for mobile applications along with hands on knowledge of build systems such as Xcode, Gradle and/or Bazel
• Experience as a successful mobile engineering leader in large scale, highly stable consumer mobile applications.
• Experience leading a midsize team of engineers driving large-scale engineering initiatives that span across the organization
• Experience in mentoring senior engineers is critical to this role
• Have experience communicating updates and resolutions to the partners and complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences effectively
• A cultural role model with a strong sense of empathy coupled and a passionate commitment to engineering excellence

Good to Have

• A background in managing UI component libraries that ensure user interface consistency
• Familiarity with building generative AI applications
• Prior experience maintaining developer productivity tools or working on mobile platforms

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

What We Stand For at Grab

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

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