Lead Software Engineer in Test

PLT Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Grab is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Test (G5) for the MALTA team in Singapore to define and scale end-to-end mobile testing strategies, building tooling, platform capabilities, and release processes used by multiple mobile groups.

You will mentor engineers, drive automation adoption, improve test signals across CI/CD, and collaborate across Android and iOS workflows to raise quality and velocity. This role is onsite at the Singapore office.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Grab's long-term vision and roadmap for scalable, reliable mobile E2E testing.
• Partner with engineering teams to drive adoption of common tools, standards, and quality practices.
• Establish inclusive quality governance and release-readiness guardrails across teams.
• Guide technical strategy for automation platforms, execution efficiency, recovery, reporting, and diagnostics.
• Standardize test metadata and quality signals to enable data-driven release decisions.
• Improve developer experience across Android and iOS testing workflows.
• Mentor engineers and build shared capabilities through coaching, design reviews, and hands-on collaboration.

Job description

Get to Know the Team

MALTA is the team at Grab improve the software foundations and infrastructure components that all Grab mobile apps are built upon.The team objective is to maximize the productivity of every Grab mobile engineer in delivering the most stable, scalable, and secure product, with the best quality our customers deserve and at great velocity. MALTA operates against a set of key principles: pursue and adoption of scalable and intentional mobile architectures, consolidation of reusable software assets, pervasive and automation, pushing for all Grab mobile apps towards continuous delivery.

Get to know the Role:

As a Lead Software Engineer in Test (G5) in the Mobile Test Automation Platform team, you will define and scale Grab's end-to-end mobile testing strategy by building developer tooling, platform capabilities, and operating processes used across multiple mobile teams.

You will improve how teams run and act on automated test signals throughout CI/CD and release workflows.

You will be reporting to Software Engineering Manager II, Mobile.

This role is onsite based in Singapore office

The Day-to-Day Activities:

• Define and execute Grab's long-term vision and roadmap for scalable, reliable mobile E2E testing.
• Partner with engineering teams to drive adoption of common tools, standards, and quality practices.
• Establish inclusive quality governance and release-readiness guardrails across teams.
• Guide technical strategy for automation platforms, execution efficiency, recovery, reporting, and diagnostics.
• Standardize test metadata and quality signals to enable data-driven release decisions.
• Improve developer experience across Android and iOS testing workflows.
• Mentor engineers and build shared capabilities through coaching, design reviews, and hands-on collaboration.