Engineering Manager II, Mobile (Fullstack)

Grab; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on enhancing communication technologies. You will direct the development of applications and solutions while mentoring engineers. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience, including 3 years in a managerial role, and skills in mobile/full-stack/back-end technologies. This role offers a supportive work environment and comprehensive benefits aimed at nurturing personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Parental and Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience in relevant technologies.
• 3+ years as a software engineer manager with hands-on roles.
• Experience in mentoring engineers is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team across multiple technologies.
• Participate in code and design reviews.
• Drive engineering improvements and team mentoring.
• Align staffing with business needs.

Skills

Mobile / Fullstack / Backend technologies

Leadership and mentoring

CI/CD tools proficiency

Database design (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

Cloud deployment (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

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

Come join the Communications Engineering team! The Interactive Comms team at Grab is at the forefront of revolutionizing how people connect and communicate on the Grab platform, spanning multiple Apps & Web. We are on an exciting mission to shape the future of communications as our platform evolves, weaving social interactions, groups and more.

Get to Know the Role

You will be responsible for building, growing, and leading a team of engineers focused on delivering high quality deliverables. You will have opportunities to drive development of backend, mobile & web solutions. Not only will you get to collaborate with the engineers, product, business, data scientists and program management teams to be on top of your deliverables, but you will also serve as a mentor to your teammates to help them grow.

You will report to the Head of Engineering.

This role will be based in Singapore and onsite at Grab office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Lead a team of mobile, backend / full-stack & QA engineers.
• You'll participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards.
• Partner with cross functional leaders across product, design, analytics, data science to build the product roadmap, set customer-focused metrics and experiment designs.
• Lead the quarterly/half-yearly planning and build a smooth execution plan with the team for securing the delivery of product and engineering roadmap.
• Set the engineering strategy and engineering key result targets for the team, consistently improve across testability, availability, security and code quality for your systems and modules.
• Drive engineering improvements to power new product capabilities and platform improvements.
• Attract and retain senior engineering talent, actively mentor and develop engineering talent in the team and across Grab.
• Keep your team staffing aligned with business needs and quickly pivot to changing needs.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 8+ years of engineering experience on Mobile / Fullstack / Backend technologies.
• At least 3+ year experience as a successful software engineer manager, with hands‑on role in tech solutioning.
• Demonstrated experience attracting and retaining main talent. Experience mentoring engineers is critical for this role.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring team members to them achieve engineering excellence.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
• Experience with database design, MySQL, PosgreSQL
• Experience deploying code in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments.
• Experience with GoLang development nice to have.

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 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.