Senior Software Engineer in Test

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading superapp in Southeast Asia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to ensure quality and performance of software products. This role involves designing comprehensive test strategies, implementing automated testing solutions, and collaborating with teams to maintain high-quality standards. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills and experience with various test automation frameworks. Grab offers a supportive and flexible work environment, with numerous benefits aimed at employee well-being.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Parental and Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Solid proficiency in at least one relevant programming language for test automation.
• In-depth experience with designing and implementing test automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of the complete SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of various testing types and their application.
• Analytical and debugging skills to troubleshoot complex systems.
• Understand complex system architectures for strategic testing.
• Advocate for quality best practices within the team.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop comprehensive test plans and strategies.
• Implement and maintain robust test suites for applications.
• Analyze software defects with SDEs for resolutions.
• Conduct performance and scalability tests.
• Collaborate with teams on design reviews and quality practices.
• Manage portions of the test suite for health and efficiency.
• Evaluate and integrate new testing tools and technologies.
• Provide guidance to junior SETs.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, or C#

Experience with test automation frameworks

Understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies

Knowledge of testing types

Analytical and debugging skills

Understanding complex system architectures

Advocacy for quality best practices

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Playwright

Cypress

REST-Assured

JUnit

TestNG

Pytest

Mockito

Job description

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

The new ecommerce team is responsible for mart and e-commmerce business. We use a microservice architecture in backend, and frontend tech stack use including (iOS, ADR, Flutter and Web). We often do platform abstraction to support our new our requirements to go online faster.

Get to Know the Role

A Senior Software Engineer in Test (SET) at this level focuses on ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of software products. You will play an active role in driving the "shift-left" testing strategy by designing and implementing robust automated testing solutions and frameworks.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Design and Develop comprehensive test plans, strategies, and test cases for complex features and components, ensuring alignment with overall quality objectives and resulting in robust, scalable, and maintainable automated test suites.
• Independently develops, implements, and maintains robust automated test suites for web, mobile, and API applications. Contribute to the design and enhancement of existing test automation frameworks, delivering comprehensive test plans that mitigate risks and ensure feature quality.
• Perform in-depth analysis of software defects, identifying root causes, and collaborating with SDEs to ensure resolutions. Verify complex bug fixes, contributing to a reduced defect escape rate and improved product stability.
• Conduct and analyze results of performance, load, and scalability tests to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization.
• Collaborate with SDEs, Product Managers, and other partners, actively participating in design reviews, technical discussions, and promoting testability and quality best practices.
• Take ownership of portions of the team's test suite, ensuring its health, maintainability, and efficiency. Actively identifies and leads efforts to migrate large E2E tests to more efficient medium or small tests, delivering tangible contributions to the "shift-left" initiative and test pyramid rebalancing.
• Evaluate and integrate new testing tools and technologies. Utilizes and contributes to the refinement of Generative AI/LLM-backed systems for automated test failure classification and diagnostics, improving feedback loops and diagnostic capabilities.
• Provide informal technical guidance and support to junior SETs, contributing to their skill development.
• Integrate automated tests into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software releases.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Solid proficiency in at least one relevant programming language (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, or C#) used for test automation and framework development.
• In-depth experience with designing, implementing, and extending test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Cypress, REST‑Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Pytest, or Mockito).
• Strong understanding of the complete SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of several testing types (functional, regression, performance, security, integration, unit) and their application.
• Analytical and debugging skills to troubleshoot complex systems and test failures.
• Understand complex system architectures and design testing strategies accordingly.
• Advocate for quality best practices and continuous improvement within the team.

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.