Head of Mobile & Backend Frameworks, CI & AI Tools

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Parental and Birthday leave

Volunteer leave

Job summary

A leading Southeast Asia superapp company is looking for a Head of Engineering to lead mobile and backend frameworks. You'll own the foundations that shape engineering practices and drive major platform innovations. The ideal candidate should have 12-15 years of experience in software engineering and proven leadership in large engineering organizations. This senior role demands technical credibility, change management skills, and the ability to guide teams toward effective solutions. The workplace offers comprehensive benefits and supports work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of software engineering experience with leadership involvement.
• Experience with large engineering organizations and brownfield systems.
• Deep hands-on in backend platforms, native mobile development, or CI.

Responsibilities

• Own technical vision and roadmap for mobile and backend frameworks.
• Drive adoption of major platform improvements.
• Manage and grow a technical organization of ~30-40 engineers.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Technical judgment

Large-scale native mobile development

Backend platforms expertise

Change management

Agentic coding exposure

Automated testing

Tools

Go

gRPC

Kubernetes

Swift

Kotlin

CI infrastructure

Job description

A leading Southeast Asia superapp company is looking for a Head of Engineering to lead mobile and backend frameworks. You'll own the foundations that shape engineering practices and drive major platform innovations. The ideal candidate should have 12-15 years of experience in software engineering and proven leadership in large engineering organizations. This senior role demands technical credibility, change management skills, and the ability to guide teams toward effective solutions. The workplace offers comprehensive benefits and supports work-life balance.